Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDespite several very disquieting factors about Chilean filmmaker Fernando Guzzoni’s story about a dysfunctional father/son relationship, the drama does nevertheless make for compelling viewing. For most of the week 18 year old Jesús (Nicolás Durán) is left alone to his own devices in Santiago whilst his father (Alejandro Goic ) is away working, and rather than go to school or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSoon after middle-aged Octavio begins his romance with his young lover Hugo life gets complicated for both of them. Octavio is told he must give up boxing because he has a medical condition that could cause a brain hemorrhage, and Hugo gets fired from his job as he got the boss’s daughter pregnant. Determined to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesChilean Raul Rutz was a prolific experimental filmmaker who worked mainly in France, and is probably best known to US audiences for movies such as ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’ and ‘Marcel Proust’s Time Regained’. This is his very last film made when he was dying and I think is best described as his personal … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Chilean lawyer Paula (Mariana Loyola) divorces her husband Victor (Daniel Munoz), her new partner Lia (Agustina Muñoz) moves in to share her home in this small conservative town. One day Paula is summed for a meeting with the school Principal after her 8 year old daughter Catalina (Emilia Ossandon) had made a drawing of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his debut feature film Chilean writer/director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo adapted his own short film San Cristabel which won the prestigious Teddy Award at the Berlinale in 2015. It is a beautifully executed queer love story that is a near perfect as it could be. Lucas (Samuel González) has just won a scholarship to … Continue reading