Undertow (2009)

Undertow (2009)
Contracorriente (original title)

Director: Javier Fuentes-León
Writer: Javier Fuentes-León Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Peru
Year: 2009
Language: Spanish Subtitle: serbian , english

Stars: Cristian Mercado, Tatiana Astengo and Manolo Cardona

Miguel ( Cristian Mercado ), mladi ribar u Cabo Blanco, živi malom tradicionalnom ribarskom selu u sjevernom Peruu. Oženjen je Marielom ( Tatiana Astengo )i očekuju svoje prvo dijete. Miguel se tajno viđa sa  Santiagom ( Manolo Cardona ) slikarom  iz dobrostojeće obitelji i koji ne skriva svoju homoseksualnost kao i Miguel.

Santiago se nesretnim slučajem utapa u moru i njegov duh pojavljuje Michaelu tražeći pomoć.
Miguel misli da se Santjagov duh pojavljuje jer nemože da nađe vječni mir sve dok se njegovo tjelo ne sahrani po tradiciji mjesta.
Dok je tražio Santjagovo tijelo , svakodnevno roneći oko stjena gdje se njegova ljubav utopila, Migule shvati da može biti najsrećniji čovjek na svjetu. Živjeći sa ženom koja treba da se porodi i sa Santjagom pored sebe kojeg niko ne može da vidi. San svakog oženjenog strejtera, ali nije sve u životu baš tako.

Ova prelijepa filmska prića nam preslikava čestu pojavu u našem društvu kada se oženjeni muškarci zaljube u muškarca. Vječita dilema kako živjeti rastrzan između života koji nam je "nametnut" vaspitanjem i moralnim normama proisteklim iz tradicionalnih vrijednosti našeg društva i života koji nam nameće sopstveno srce.

Film me je podsjetio na moje najveće ljubavi. Baksuz kakav sam ja uvjek je bio nekako "treći" . Velike ljubavi su imale i najteži kraj. Sada se klonim oženjenih muškaraca, ali sudbina se uvjek poigra samnom. Dokle će?

Trailer Undertow (2009)

One of the Centerpiece films is Peruvian director Javier Fuentes-León's immensely emotional feature debut "Undertow." In a religious and homophobic fishing village on the gorgeous beach in Peru, Miguel (Cristian Mercado) and his wife Mariela(Tatiana Astengo) are expecting a baby while Miguel is carrying on an affair with an openly gay out-of-town painter Santiago (Manolo Cardona). Miguel is devastated when he is confronted by the reality that he cannot have both lovers like in the good old time. His emotional journey to reach his destination is remarkably genuine and profoundly moving.

Miguel ( Cristian Mercado ), a young fisherman in Cabo Blanco, a small fishing village in northern Peru, a very traditional customs. He is married to Mariela ( Tatiana Astengo ), and expecting their first child, but keeps a secret affair with another man, Santiago ( Manolo Cardona ), a painter outsider who comes from a wealthy family and who does not hide his homosexuality as does Michael.

Santiago accidentally drowns at sea and his spirit appears to Michael for help. Miguel thinks that his soul rest have to find his body and offer it as the seafaring tradition of the place. Begins to dive to find the body of her lover, but meanwhile discovers Santiago just thinking and it appears no one else sees. They can be together whenever you want without having to hide as before, so when he finds the body tied to the rock next to it was and did not tell anyone.

But their relationship is not as idyllic as it seemed at first as Santiago berates him, as in life, it does not assume and ends asking not to call more. Besides the disappearance of Santiago has the consequence that come to light all his paintings of nudes of Miguel and extending the rumor of their relationship to the neighborhood, putting Michael in trouble. His friends turn away and his wife was going to her mother's house with the newborn child. Then Miguel decides to look for the body of Santiago but is late because the current has taken.

Undertow ( music video)

Mariela eventually returns home and his friends begin to treat it as before, but then the body of Santiago appears in the nets of a fishing. Miguel decides to claim the body of James to his family to offer himself in the seaside ceremony, facing front of all his true identity, but in doing so there is a possibility of losing some of the people you love. The ritual ends when Miguel into the sea the shrouded body of James and his spirit will forever dismisses him with a kiss.

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La Mujer de mi Hermano (2005) Aka My Brother's Wife

La Mujer de mi Hermano (2005) Aka My Brother's Wife

Director: Ricardo de Montreuil
Scenario: María Eugenia Argomedo, Jaime Bayly
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Mexico, Peru, USA
Year: 2005
Duration: 89 min

Subtitle:English
Rating: 6.4/10

Actors: Bárbara Mori, Christian Meier, Manolo Cardona, Gaby Espino, Beto Cuevas, Bruno Bichir, Angélica Aragón

Description:

U mom životu ima već i previše priča o pederima koji su se oženili zbog blokada koje su sami sebi nametnuli. Uticaj naše konzervative sredine, tadicionalistickog vaspitanja i želja da budemo kao i drugi samo su neki od mnogih razloga koji mogu natjerati pedera da se oženi! Neki u tome vide samo način da prikriju svoju homoseksualnost. Uživaju u svom porodičnom domu, a koriste svaki trenutak da se iskradu i drkaju po javnim WC-ima, parkovima i sličnim mjestima. Malo vještiji koriste internet i gledaju da se na svaki nacčn docepaju kite! Pri tome žive u neviđenom strahu da im ne spadne vješto izrađena maska kojom kriju svoju pravu prirodu.
Vremenom svi trpe i nesretna žena koja ima sve manje seksa i nesretni peder koji doživljava noćne more u strahu da mu đeca ne saznaju da im je tata kurcopušac.

A kada se sve to uplete i još jedna veza, nastaje priča za film. Ne jedan nego stotine filmova. Nekako svo vrijeme koegzistiram sa pričama na tu temu. Valjda zato jer me privlace jaki i muževni muškarci, a zbog moje potrebe da sakrijem svoje homoseksualne nagone najrađe izaberem oženjenog čovjeka! Možda zato jer mislim da će čuvajuci sebe, sačuvati i mene. I tako vremenom upadnem u mrežu ispletenu od sopstvenih laži da bude momenata kada jedva raspletem put do istine!
Svaki ukradeni trenutak kada se vidim sa voljenom osobom smatram darom od boga i budem zahvalan za to! A kad ostanem sam u četiri zida trudim se da ne razmišljam o tome koga grli kada mene nema!

Druga priča je kada se nesretnik koji je zasnovao porodicu i ima djecu zaljubi u muškarca. Na šta je sve spreman da udovolji svom srcu?! Koliko rizikuje time? I šta na kraju može očekivati od te veze?

Treća priča je žena! Vremenom osjeti pomanjkanje strasti , vidi kod muža neku osdsutnost a ne zna u čemu je problem! Kasnije nauči da je to tako u većini brakova i sve pređe u naviku.

I još milion prica, ispricanih i ne ispricanih. Svodi se na trougao u kojem svako ima svoj cošak i sa teškom mukom bar na momenat prede u susjedni.
Ako se otkrije zabranjena posjeta, trougao se raspada i postane predmet pogleda ljudi kojih se u biti to uopšte ne tice!

U ovom filmu, nesretna žena ima avanturu sa muževljevim bratom sa kojim na kraju ostaje trudna. Pri svemu tome i muž ima svoje tajne, a kako se sve završava kada istina rasplete laži vidite sami. Nemojte ocekivati mnogo, nema nekih seksi scena i velikih romansi! Ovo je samo još jedna u nizu mnogih prica.

Medju linkovima imate i titl na engleskom jeziku. Na žalost na Ex Yu jezicima ga još nema!

La Mujer de mi Hermano Aka My Brother's Wife

By PETER DEBRUGE

A Lionsgate release of a Lionsgate, Panamax Films and Stan Jakubowicz presentation of a Shallow Entertainment production. Produced by Jakubowicz. Executive producers, Jakubowicz, James M. McNamara, Benjamin Odell. Co-producer, Jaime Bayly. Directed by Ricardo de Montreuil. Screenplay, Jamie Bayly.

Zoe Edwards - Barbara Mori
Ignacio Edwards - Christian Meier
Gonzalo Edwards - Manolo Cardona
Boris - Bruno Bichir
Cristina - Angelica Aragon
Padre Santiago - Beto Cuevas

If you strip "Unfaithful" of Adrian Lyne's touch or filter Kubrick out of "Eyes Wide Shut," they remain provocative looks at adultery. But, if you deprive desperate-housewife yarn "La mujer de mi hermano" of helmer Ricardo de Montreuil's polished approach, all that remains is a tawdry Telenovela. Soapy melodrama and a small-screen cast undermine the first-time director's efforts to dress up screenwriter Jaime Bayly's adaptation of his novel about a sexually unfulfilled married woman who beds her hubby's brother. Successful South-of-border run suggests Latin interest with limited crossover potential if Lionsgate positions the pic properly.

Although Uruguayan-born beauty Barbara Mori, a Spanish-speaking TV star, could easily cross over to English-language roles, this revealing lead perf does more to showcase the skills that landed her in the January 2004 issue of Maxim than those needed to put her in competition with Salma Hayek or Penelope Cruz.

The way Mori plays it, the title phrase -- which translates to "My Brother's Wife" -- conveys the same off-limits appeal reflected in the word "MILF."

Zoe Edwards (Mori) grows tired of her rich husband Ignacio (Christian Meier) and finds passion in the arms of his spontaneous younger brother Gonzalo (Manolo Cardona).

For at least the first half hour, pic sustains the illusion of artistic ambitions thanks to an elegant opening-credits sequence in which fallen leaves and doomed insects float adrift on water. Those images correspond to Ignacio's routine of cleaning his designer swimming pool, going out of his way to rescue a drowning beetle.

The pool provides a symbol (so does the impressive modern "glass house") as de Montreuil tries to bring class to a story destined to drown in its own suds.

Viewers needn't wait long for the hanky panky to commence: Things are already tense between brothers Ignacio and Gonzalo, while Zoe resents that her disinterested husband can't have children. There's little to suggest why Zoe and Ignacio are together in the first place, much less how they have lasted for nearly 10 years of marriage.

She is, as her gay best friend Boris (Bruno Bichir) suggests, far too beautiful to be ignored.

This daytime-TV-caliber setup favors shallow titillation over deeper psychology. The lovers are perpetually on the brink of discovery, but it's Zoe's inevitable pregnancy that thrusts everything out in the open.

For a modest South American melodrama, "La mujer de mi hermano" manages to tackle everything from adultery to incest to abortion and homosexuality, spanning roughly a year in the lives of its characters in 89 overcrowded minutes. A mesmerizing score from Angelo Milli ("Secuestro Express") and polished cinematography by d.p. Andres E. Sanchez (who also lensed de Montreuil's award-winning short "Amiga") give Zoe's marriage an almost chlorinated feel, but heat up when Gonzalo is around.

Don't Tell Anyone (1998)

Don't Tell Anyone (1998)
No se lo digas a nadie (original title

Director: Francisco J. Lombardi
Writers: Jaime Bayly (novel), Giovanna Pollarolo
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Language: Spanish with subtitles
Year: 1998
Duration: 120 min

Stars: Santiago Magill, Christian Meier and Lucía Jiménez

 

 

Ova klasična pederska coming out priča, ispričana prema istoimenoj noveli Peruanskog pisca Jaime Baylya oduzeti će vam skoro 2 sata vremena, a da to nećeti ni primjetiti.
Iako je smještena u ambijentu južno američke države Peruu, lako je prepoznatljiva u bilo kojem našem većem gradu. U homofobičnoj sredini, strogih tradicionalističkih svjetonazora biti peder je gore nego biti narkoman ili lopov. Za mladog Joaquina biti peder predstavlja noćnu moru i grešku prirode. Još kao dječak je bezspješno pokušavao da zadovolji svoju pedersku znatiželju pri čemu je postiđen samog sebe izgovorio čuvenu rečenicu “molim te nemoj nikome reći” ili kako bi rekli ljudi iz južne srbije “Živ ti majka nemoj na nikoga da kažeš!”

Joaquim je inače intelegentam mladić, uzoran učenik, student, ponos svoje pobožne majke, ali u isto vrijeme sramota za svog oca jer nedovoljno iskazivanje muškosti ga navodi na sumlju da mu je sin bolesni peder. Na njegov 18 rođendan ga vodi kod prostitutke u nadi da će u njemu probuditi “pravog muškarca”.
Srećom Joaquim odlazi na studije te se udaljava od kuće. Svjestan svoje “bolesti” pokušava se izliječiti stvarajući vezu sa lijepom Alejandrom kojoj povjeri da voli i muškarce. Naivna Alejandra to protumači kao neku traumu iz djetinjstva, misleći da će ga njena ljubav prema njemu izliječiti. Sve bi to bilo lijepo da se nesretni Joaquim ne zaljubi u momka njene prijateljice sa kojim uspjeva ostvariti intimnost kakvu je oduvijek želio. Traumu izaziva saznanje da je ta veza moguća samo dok glumi uzornog str8 momka.U urbanoj sredini nesretni i napaćeni Joaquin se prepušta kokainu i piću, pa čak i prostituciji.

Njegov porodični coming out izgleda ovako:
Otac: “Ti si pijan!”
Joaquin: “Ja sam pijan i nadrogiran , ali to me ne čini manje pederom.”

Sve u svemu opet ga na pravi put izvlači njegova , sad već bivša cura , te završava studije a na svojoj inaguraciji ponovo sreće momka zbog kojeg je toliko propatio!
Sad već zna da biti uspješan u društvu znači biti savršen glumac. Biti savršen str8 lik u javnosti, a pička u krevetu! Pa kome se sviđa recept, neka ga primjeni!

 

 

In Lima, Peru, everything could have been so easy for Joaquin. His family is well off, his studies have never given him any headaches and his girlfriends think he is a classy guy. But sometimes, having everything isn’t enough. Don’t Tell Anyone is a groundbreaking, honest and hard-hitting tale of the troubles that accompany a Peruvian man’s search for sexual identity in a country intolerant of open homosexuality.
All his life, Joaquin knew he preferred men. But he dared not tell anyone, not his father, Luis Felipe, a racist and unobliging male chauvinist patriarch who tries to beat the secrets of masculinity into him, nor his mother, Marichuca, whose pious Catholicism deepens his sense of guilt. But soon Joaquin begins a passionate and tangled affair with Gonzalo that puts him face to face with his own homosexuality, as well as with the extraordinary and complicated forces in Peru that work to keep him locked in the closet. Based on the controversial novel by Peruvian writer Jaime Bayly, Don’t Tell Anyone is a powerful and unique portrait of the dichotomous world of homosexuality that exists in Peru and many parts of Latin America.

 

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No Se Lo Digas A Nadie (Don't Tell Anyone) 1998

No Se Lo Digas A Nadie (Don't Tell Anyone) 1998

Ova klasična pederska coming out priča, ispričana prema istoimenoj noveli Peruanskog pisca Jaime Baylya će vam oduzeti skoro 2 sata vremena, a da to nećeti ni primjetiti.
Iako je smještena u ambijentu južno američke države Peruu, lako je prepoznatljiva u bilo kojem našem većem gradu. U homofobičnoj sredini, strogih tradicionalističkih svjetonadzora biti peder je gore nego biti narkoman ili lopov.
Za mladog Joaquina biti peder predstavlja noćnu moru i grešku prirode. Još kao dječak je bezspješno pokušavao da zadovolji svoju pedersku znatiželju pri čemu je postiđen samog sebe izgovorio čuvenu rečenicu "molim te nemoj nikome reći" ili kako bi rekli ljudi iz južne srbije "Živ ti majka nemoj na nikoga da kažeš!"
Joaquim je inače intelegentam mladić, uzoran učenik, student, ponos svoje pobožne majke, ali u isto vrijeme sramota za svog oca jer nedovoljno iskazivanje muškosti ga navodi na sumlju da mu je sin bolesni peder. Na njegov 18 rođendan ga vodi kod prostitutke u nadi da će u njemu probuditi "pravog muškarca"
Srećom Joaquim odlazi na studije te se udaljava od kuće. Svjestan svoje "bolesti" pokušava se izliječiti stvarajući vezu sa lijepom Alejandrom kojoj povjeri da voli i muškarce. Naivna Alejandra to protumači kao neku traumu iz djetinjstva, misleći da će ga njena ljubav prema njemu izliječiti.
I sve bi to bilo lijepo da se nesretni Joaquim ne zaljubi u momka njene prijateljice sa kojim uspjeva ostvariti intimnost kakvu je oduvijek želio.
Traumu izaziva saznanje da je ta veza moguća samo dok glumi uzornog str8 momka.
U urbanoj sredini nesretni i napaćeni Joaquin se prepušta kokainu i piću, pa čak i prostituciji. Njegov porodični coming out izgleda ovako:
Otac: "Ti si pijan!"
Joaquin: "Ja sam pijan i nadrogiran , ali to me ne čini manje pederom."
Sve u svemu opet ga na pravi put izvlači njegova , sad već bivša cura , te završava studije a na svojoj inaguraciji ponovo sreće momka zbog kojeg je toliko propatio!
Sad već zna da biti uspješan u društvu znači biti savršen glumac. Biti savršen str8 lik u javnosti , a pička u krevetu! Pa kome se sviđa recept, neka ga primjeni!
U donjem prilogu je i titl engleskom jeziku!

Director: Francisco J. Lombardi
Writers: Jaime Bayly (novel), Giovanna Pollarolo (writer)
Release Date: 16 July 1998 (Peru)
Genre: Comedy Drama
Plot Keywords: Bisexuality Cocaine College Homosexual Peru


Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Santiago Magill ... Joaquín Camino
Christian Meier ... Gonzalo
Lucía Jiménez ... Alejandra
Giovanni Ciccia ... Alfonso
Vanessa Robbiano ... Prostitute
Carlos Fuentes ... Gerardo
Gianfranco Brero ... University Professor
Carlos Tuccio ... Sacerdote Confesor
Anibal Zamoa ... Transvestite
Emilran Cossío ... Dioni
Jorge Lopez Cano ... Proprietor of the Bordello
Alonso Alegría ... Sacerdote
Gerardo Ruiz ... Jorge
Johnny Mendoza ... Comprador de Droga
Javier Echevarría ... Rector de Universidad



Also Known As: Don't Tell Anyone (Europe: English title)

Runtime: 120 min
Country: Spain , Peru
Language: Spanish

Filming Locations: Lima, Peru

In Lima, Peru, everything could have been so easy for Joaquin. His family is well off, his studies have never given him any headaches and his girlfriends think he is a classy guy. But sometimes, having everything isn't enough. Don't Tell Anyone is a groundbreaking, honest and hard-hitting tale of the troubles that accompany a Peruvian man's search for sexual identity in a country intolerant of open homosexuality.
All his life, Joaquin knew he preferred men. But he dared not tell anyone, not his father, Luis Felipe, a racist and unobliging male chauvinist patriarch who tries to beat the secrets of masculinity into him, nor his mother, Marichuca, whose pious Catholicism deepens his sense of guilt. But soon Joaquin begins a passionate and tangled affair with Gonzalo that puts him face to face with his own homosexuality, as well as with the extraordinary and complicated forces in Peru that work to keep him locked in the closet. Based on the controversial novel by Peruvian writer Jaime Bayly, Don't Tell Anyone is a powerful and unique portrait of the dichotomous world of homosexuality that exists in Peru and many parts of Latin America.



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