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A film by Martin Deus

Drama/90 min/ Argentina

DCP/Color

Language:  Spanish

Cast

Angelo Mutti Spinetta … Lorenzo
Lautaro Rodríguez … Caito
Mariana Anghileri … Camila
and Guillermo Pfening … Andrés

Synopsis

Lorenzo, a quiet teenager lives in a small town at the edge of the world in beautiful Patagonia.
He’s a good student and a curious and smart person, more skilled in music and literature than sports.
Lorenzo’s father decides to host Caito, the son of a friend from Buenos Aires who had to go to hospital for a long stay.
Caito has obviously a different family background and seems to be a tough kid. Lorenzo finds Caito very intriguing in many ways as they start spending a lot of time together… While their friendship is evolving towards perhaps deeper feelings, Caito reveals a secret…what will be the outcome?

Official selections

Festival Cannes Ecrans Juniors –  Cannes Ecrans Juniors Award

Roze Filmdagen (Amsterdam)

Lovers Film Festival – Torino LGBTQI Visions

OUTShine Film Fest (Miami)

Pink Screens LGBT Film Festival (Bruxelles)

Holebifilmfestival (Louvain)

Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine

Festival du Film de Sarlat

Festival LGBT Toulouse Des Images Aux Mots

Festival International du Premier Film d’Annonay

Festival de Cinéma Ibérique & Latino-Americain Ojoloco (Grenoble)

Festival Reflets du cinéma Ibérique & Latino-Americain (Villeurbanne)

Out at the Movies – (Winston-Salem) – Prix du meilleur film, meilleur scénario, meilleur acteur et meilleur actrice dans un second rôle

La Havane FF (Cuba) – Sara Gómez Award

CineLasAmericas IFF – (Austin)

Puerto Rico LGBT Film Festival

The Director

Martin Deus was born in La Plata, Argentina, in 1979. He studied filmmaking at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba. His shorts have participated at more than fifty international film festivals, such as Sundance, Seattle, Los Angeles Latino, Reeling Chicago, Frameline San Fransisco, Biarritz, Clermont Ferrand, Sapporo and Rencontres de Cinéma d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse. He is also a music videos director. My best friend (2017) is his first feature film.