100m Freestyle (2013)

100m Freestyle (2013)
100 metros estilo libre (Originali title)


Director: Chucho E. Quintero
Writer: Chucho E. Quintero
Genre: Short movie
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Duration: 17 min



Stars: Óliver Rendón, José Juan Name, Eliott Reguera Vega, César Zegbe Jones, Carolina Gómez, Eric Reyes palafox







Polo and Domingo spend their last days together between Ciudad Mendoza and Cordoba, in Veracruz, Mexico, before Domingo moves to another city. Domingo has to say goodbye to his girlfriend, Mina; while Polo deals with his feelings towards his best friend in the little time they have left.

La otra familia (2011) –The Other Family

La otra familia (2011)

Director: Gustavo Loza
Scenario: Gustavo Loza
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Year: 2011
Duration: 100 min
Rating:

Actors: Jorge Salinas, Luis R. Guzman, Ana Serradilla, Bruno Loza, Carmen Salinas, Ana Soler, Nailea Norvind, Juan Rios Cantu, Dominika Paleta, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Andres Almeida, Silverio Palacios, Mario Zaragoza, Alejandro Calva, Alex Bakalarz

 

 

 

Nekada smo svi za južno američke zemlje uključujući Meksiko mislili da su tradicionalno katoličke, konzervative i pomalo isključive. Još ako tome dodamo brojne vojne hunte, diktature i velike ekonomske i političke krize koje su bile sinoim za južnoameričke države onda nismo mogli ni sanjati da je u takvim zemljama tolerancija prema gay ljudima na nekom pristojnom nivou.

Tako je možda bilo nekada. A danas? Danas je u većini tih država dozvoljen istospolni brak, države finansiraju projekte koje doprinose toleranciji i upoznavanju stanovništva o pojmovima kao što su seksualna orijentacija i odnos društva prema tome. Većina ljudi u tim zemljama je prihvatila LGBT populaciju kao sastavni dio društva! Televizije, novine i ostali mediji promovišu sve projekte koje su u službi borbe protiv homofobije!

Kao rezultat takvog intezivnog rada prestalo se i razmišljati o nekoj posebnoj LGBT kulturi, već je taj pojam samo dio jedne opšte kulture u državi.
Nastali su mnogi kratki filmovi, propagandne poruke, dugometražni filmovi, edukativne televizijske emisije, izložbe, muzika ...
Danas su te zemlje u potpunosti dio razvijenog svjeta, civilizacijski napredne, a koliko mogu uočiti i ekonomski jake! Posebno tu ubrajam Brazil, Argentinu i Meksiko.

La otra familija je Meksički film koji se bavi temom usvajanja dijece u istospolnim brakovima. Ovo je kod nas još uvjek blasfemična primisao jer se homoseksualci, tj pederi smatraju bolesnicima koji se trpaju u bulju , a neki misle i da je to zarazno, tako da je jedan od glavnih argumenata zašto treba ograničiti prava pedera upravo vaspitanje dijece. Religija tu ima takođe velikog uticaja.

Mnoga dijeca odrastu uz očeve pijanice, nemarne majke, narkomane, uz kriminalne ličnosti ili pak u nekom okruženju  koje odlikuje potpuno pomankanje ljubavi, nježnosti i pažnje. Siromaštvo je posebna priča koja može imati i sretan kraj kada je porodica složna i harmonična.
Da li je za takvu dijecu bolje da rastu u nekom sirotištu ili kod gay parova koji su spremni da tom djetetu pruže i ljubav, i podršku u životu!
Ovaj film razbija te dileme. Pun emocija sa lijepom pričom koja nas na momente raznježuje , pa raduje ili rastužuje do plača!
Sa moje strane ima sve preporuke za pogledati!

Prije 5-6 godina bio sam u vezi sa jednim starijim crnogorcem , koji je odrastao u patrijahalnoj porodici. Iskren, pošten čovjek, pun onih vrlina o kojima je pričao Marko Miljanov u svojim pričama o crnogorcima nekad. Kada smo se upoznali bio je već 6 godina u vezi sa jednom ženom koja ga je iskreno voljela i još uvjek ga voli!
Mene je doživljavao kao nekog svog najrođenijeg, i volio me je svim srcem. Upoznao me je sa roditeljima, bratom, sestrom, tom ženom i svima se hvalio da sam mu najbolji prijatelj. Naravno niko nije znao šta smo radili u 4 zida i to u našem slučaju nije bilo ni bitno. Idila je trajala oko 2 godine. Jednom prilikom sam pričao sa njegovom sadašnjom ženom koja mi je rekla: Ne mora on mene nikada oženiti , ali želim da mu podarim radost da ima svoje dijete. Znam da će ga voljeti svim srcem i biti dobar otac.
Nisam to lako podnio ali sam u tom trenutku bio svjestan da moram da se sklonim iz njegovog života po svaku cjenu kako bi mogao da ima ono što mu ja nikada ne mogu dati! Danas ima sina koji mu je sve u životu , sretan je! Ja nisam u kontaktu sa njim!

The other family

THE OTHER FAMILY is the story of Hendrix (Bruno Loza), a 7-year-orld child that’s been abandoned by his crack-addict mother Nina (Nailea Norvind). Ivana (Ana Serradilla), her best friend rescues Bruno,
however, she can’t take care of him because of an ongoing trip to Houston with her life partner (Ana Soler), to analyze the possibility of having an in vitro fertilization. Jean Paul (Jorge Salinas) and Chema (Luis Roberto Guzmán), an adult, stable, gay couple, and friends of Ivana, were given the task of taking
care of Hendriz while his mother spends some time in rehab. Patrick (Andrés Almeida), Nina’s lover and dealer is bien chased by Caimán (Mario Zaragoza), a drug warlord, because of a huge debt. In an
attempt to get the money he tries to sell Hendrix to a young, straight couple (Dominika Paleta y Juan Rios) who just lost a baby. While Nina tries to escape rehab in search of her son, Hendrix slowly
adapts to his new lik with Jean Paul and Chema. Patrick’s running out of time and urges Nina to find her misplaced son.

What’s best for Hendrix? Return to his crack-addict? Live with a homosexual couple that will offer him a better life quality? To be sold in an illegal fashion to a straight couple? or Surrender to the authorities and be sent to an foster house?

 

26 September 2011 | by jotix100 (New York)

Jean Paul and Chema are a gay couple that has been together for ten years. One can see their relationship is solid, proved to be real, as they decide to get married. In a macho dominated society the union between two men is a rarity that came to be legal only recently. It is clear these two men are in love and have decided to make a commitment that speaks loudly than words.
When Nina, a drug addict is sent to prison, her young son, Hendrix, is left to fend for himself. A friend, Ivana, a lesbian in a serious relationship with Gloria, decides to bring the boy to her friends Jean Paul and Chema. The men, uneasy at first, take a liking to the little boy whose innocence captures their hearts. After the initial misgivings, the couple end up loving Hendrix. Unfortunately, Nina wants her son back. Because of her connection with unsavory characters, the plight of the boy takes center stage for criminals that want to sell the boy to a wealthy couple. Jean Paul, and especially Chema, will fight to stand by the boy.
Directed by Gustavo Loza with sure hand, this Mexican entry surprises because of the way the subject matter is treated with honesty in dealing with the issue. Mr. Loza, who also wrote the screenplay, presents us with a drama that in other hands might have degenerated into a sensational account of the two gay couples that are being examined. That, and the fate of the boy, with an uncertain future, is examined with a clarity that speaks volumes as to the intentions of the creator of the film.
There are solid appearances by Jorge Salinas and Luis Guzman as Jean Paul and Chema. The actors do a solid job in the way they approached their roles to make them real. Young Bruno Loza, whom one suspects is the son of the director, is perfectly sweet, in a surprising performance. Ana Serradilla, Ana Soler, Nailea Norvind and the great Carmen Salinas contribute to the over all excellence of the film.

Quemar las naves (2007) aka Burn the Bridges

Quemar las naves (2007)

Director: Francisco Franco
Scenario: Francisco Franco, María Renée Prudencio
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Year: 2007
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.4/10
Subtitle: English

Actors: Irene Azuela, Juan Carlos Barreto, Bernardo Benítez, Ricardo Blume, Diana Bracho, Pablo Bracho, Juan Costa, Alberto Estrella, Jose Carlos Fermat, Aida López, Roberto Luna, Claudette Maillé, Ángel Onésimo Nevares, Úrsula Pruneda, Jessica Segura, Ramón Valdés

Description:

Ovih dana sam se bas bacio na posao tako da bas i nemam nesto mnogo vremena za filmove. A narednih desetak dana necu biti doma tako da će blog biti malo zapstavljen. Uostalom ima već dosta matirijala na njemu. Pretvorio se nekako u neki spisak filmova sa gay tematikom. Za linkove se i dalje morate pobrinuti na drugim blogovima i sajtovima. Imate spisak nekih meni najomiljenijih sa lijeve strane bloga pa potražite sta vam treba.

Quemar las naves (2007) se može svrstati u coming out priču mladog Sebastiana koji živi sa sestrom i majkom koja umire od raka. Njegova sestra Helena prinuđena da ostaje kući i brine se o majci dok on ide u strogu katoličku školu te ipak ima vremena i za izlaske sa drugovima. Sebastian osječa da ga privlače zgodni drugari, a posebno nekonvencionalni Juan sa kojim razvija jaku emocionalnu vezu koja će ga dovesti do njegovog prvog seksualnog iskustva. Na njegovu sreći ili nesreću ( zavisno od toga ko kako gleda na to) za njegovu vezu sa Juanom saznaju i njegova sestra i ostali drugovi u školi.
Već sam pominjao u blogu kako odvajanje od roditeljskih stega može dovesti do osjećaja slobode. Iako potrešen gubitkom majke,  pred Sebastianom se otvara put koji ga vodi u samostalan i nesputan život.Sebastianova stremljenja i želje najbolje razumije sestra, koja iako je teško prihvatila njegovu homoseksualnost, zna da mora da ga pusti da otplovi svojim vodama.

Quemar las naves se nemože svrstati u jeftine filmska ostvarenja, dobra gluma puna emocija, snažna muzika, izuzetna fotografija i lijepa priča će vas zasigurno prikovati uz ekran.

Mene je podsjetio na jednog druga koji je stalno bježao od kuće. Jedno vrijeme je stalno dolazio kod mene dok su moji bili na poslu pa smo se stalno zavlačili u jedan veliki plakar ili u podrumu zgrade u kojemu smo eksperimentisali sve ono što smo gledali u tada teško dostupnim porno časopisima. To je trajalo jedno dvije godine dok nije došlo vrijeme da svako nastavi svojim putem.

VARIETY.COM
By ROBERT KOEHLER
A son, a daughter and their dying mother are caught between desire, death and yearnings for the future in the remarkably pungent "Burn the Bridges." Theater-trained helmer and co-writer Francisco Franco makes the leap into features with striking confidence, coming up with one of the few superior dramas in recent Mexican filmmaking. Top prizes nabbed at Morelia fest set up the pic for a prestigious local profile, which could translate into fair B.O. on its April 4 release, while global fest interest should be fast and furious.
Unlike several recent family-based Mexican films which took risks with high-wire strategies (from the lassitude of "Turtle Family" to the hyper-strained absurdities of "Bad Habits"), "Burn the Bridges" passes every dramatic test it sets up, pulling off fine surprises when things could have gone terribly south.
Siblings Helena (Irene Azuela) and Sebastian (Angel Onesimo Nevarez) develop the hots for each other while caring for their dying, cancer-ridden mom, former pop singer Eugenia (Claudette Maille). Add in the family's snooping maid Chaya (Aida Lopez); the awkward homoerotic impulses Sebastian feels for the new boy at school, Juan (Bernardo Benitez); and the familiar tropes of a sprawling bourgeois manse on the edge of decay and the oppressive atmosphere of Sebastian's Catholic-run school, and the film would seem awash in cliches and narrative minefields.
Instead, Franco and screenwriter Maria Renee Prudencio find a groove early on that keeps the film hopping with the unexpected, hinging everything on the volatile emotions of a pair of teens on the precipice of major life changes. A fascinating tension results from how 19-year-old Helena, the eldest, must stay at home, while Sebastian, who's still in school, is free to roam and possibly connect with a companion -- even a potentially dangerous character like Juan. Helena stews in the old house (rendered as a perfect place for eavesdropping by Lizette Ponce's ingenious production design) while he plays, and hidden jealousies between the pair explode in the pic's second half, after mom dies and the fate of the house is unsure.
At this point, "Burn the Bridges" taps into a new energy source, ushering in a fresh set of problems involving rich kid Ismael (Ramon Valdes) -- who also has repressed desires for Sebastian -- and young Aurora (Jessica Segura) -- who rents a room in the house.
Though it never pushes its tone toward overt black comedy, pic carries strong reverberations from the earliest and latest films of Marco Bellocchio -- the wild nature of family units, the powerful position held by the youngest male and the urge for freedom in a heavy Catholic atmosphere, all captured with vibrant and brawny cinematic technique.
Franco elicits amazing perfs from his generally young cast, with Azuela and Nevarez vividly capturing teen dizziness, creative impulses and sexual indecisiveness. Benitez, Valdes and Segura keep the film operating on a giddy and highly engaging level.
Lenser Alejandro Giacoman's subdued use of color is just one of the film's subtle strokes. Locations in the lovely northern burg of Zacatecas are highly original and refreshing.

 

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.

Si Nos Dejan (2008) short

Si Nos Dejan (2008)

Jeste li kada poželjeli da poljubite svoh dragog na javnom mjestu.
Jednom u Beogradu u jednom restoranu sam bio sa jednim momkom koji mi se simpatično nabacivao.Smijao se, djelio mi komplimente i bilo je očito da se momak trudio oko mene. Što se mene tiče bio je simpatičan i to je sve. U jednom momentu mi je rekao: "Da smo sami sada bih te poljubio tako strasno i siguran sam da bi bio moj" U tom trenutku se jedna cura koja je sjedala za drugim stolom odmah iza njega nasmijala, okrenula prema njemu i rekla:" Pa poljubi ga već jednom, da mene toliko muvaš, bila bih tvoja 100 posto!

Uz jutarnju kaficu ovaj kratak filmčić je sasvim dovoljan da vam dan počne lijepo!




County: Mexico
Year: 2008
Director: Alejandro Murillo

David (2005) - Short film 15 min

David (2005)

Stariji posjetielji ovog bloga se možda sjećaju Meksičkog filma Broken Sky (El Cielo Dividido) iz 2006, godine Režiser tog filma Julián Hernández uz producenta Roberta Fiesca godinu dana ranije producirao jedan kratki film od 15-tak minuta pod nazivom David. Kao i Broken Sky ovaj film nema mnogo riječi, Međutim sve što se vidi na tom filmu je jasno razumljivo, upečatljivo i emocionalno blisko svakom gledaocu.
Nijemi student na putu do bioskopa susreće nezaposlenog čovijeka koji pokušava da komunicira sa njim. Kroz poruke pisane na papiru, i komunikaciju na jedan poseban način otkrivaju mnogo jedan o drugom.
Da ne pričam mnogo o ovom kratkom filmu na ovom blogu ga možete pogledati uz jutarnju kafu.

Director: Roberto Fiesco
Writers: Roberto Fiesco, Julián Hernández (writer)
Genre: Short

Cast
(Complete credited cast)
Jorge Adrián Espíndola ... David
Javier Escobar ... José
Salvador Álvarez ... Dependiente
Pilar Ruiz ... Mujer de la ventana
Fernando Arroyo ... Afanador

Runtime: 14 min
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish

Before two months you can find post about Mexicans movie Broken Sky (El Cielo Dividido) 2006.Director Julián Hernández is writer for one short movie with name David. Its realy great movie, without many words about mute student and unemploymed man who tries to comunicate with him. Through messages and game they will dicover many things about each other.
here you can see that movie

Broken Sky (El Cielo Dividido) 2006 repost

Broken Sky (El Cielo Dividido) 2006


Dva studenta Gerardo and Jonás započinju strastvenu ljubavnu vezu i uživaju u njoj sve dok Gerardo ne postane opsjednut drugim momkom, Sergiom.
Ovaj Meksički film obiluje emocijama, seksualnim nabojem, scene hipnotičkog plesa u discoteci...

Iako je film titlovan na engleskom, u filmu nema mnogo riječi, scene govore same za sebe, tako da se film proživljava sa lakoćom.
Svakako ga preporučujem jer većina ljudi proživi osjećaj strasti, ljubavi i na kraju odbacivanja.

Director: Julián Hernández
Writer: Julián Hernández
Release Date: 29 September 2006 (USA) more
Genre: Drama more
Plot Keywords:
Cityscape / Couple / Boyfriend Boyfriend Relationship / Very Little Dialogue / Homosexual

Cast

Miguel Ángel Hoppe ... Gerardo
Fernando Arroyo ... Jonás
Alejandro Rojo ... Sérgio
Ignacio Pereda ... Bruno
Klaudia Aragon ... Emilia
Clarissa Rendón ... María
Pilar Ruiz ... Maestra
Ortos Soyuz ... Narrador
Andrés Damián ... Amigo de Bruno
Claudia Goytia ... Bartender
Genaro Velázquez ... Bartender
Mónica Galván ... Bailarina
Edith Maya ... Bailarina
Javier Olguin ... Hombre en el cuarto oscuro
Héctor Negrón ... Hombre en el cuarto oscuro



Also Known As: Broken Sky (USA)
Runtime: 140 min
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish

English:

Broken Sky works like a silent film. There is a soundtrack, but roughly, only 2 pages of character-to-character dialogue over it's entire 140 minutes. Director Julian Hernandez turns that into an opportunity to fill the screen with sensual imagery and camera movements that emote louder than words. Watching Broken Sky is a reminder to the eyes, and an argument for why you should avoid bathroom breaks.

In 2003 Julian Hernandez made his first feature, a student film, A Thousand Clouds of Peace. I don't remember it or Broken Sky getting any theater runs outside of New York. So big thanks are due to Strand Releasing for putting both out on crisp DVD (it makes up for Strand's release of the homophobic, self-hating Two Drifters last year).

Beyond anything else, Broken Sky is a love story between Gerardo and Jonas. Hernandez extends the time they share by filming in long shots and tracking shots. Some of the tracking shots only move 6 feet, but it's essential in locking in on the eternity of the moment. The rooms and hallways and streets of Broken Sky are of the modern world, but Hernandez makes us feel like we're in la-la land, walking around with tunnel-of-love vision.

But as the title suggests, Broken Sky isn't just a love story, it's a lovesick story too. Post-breakup, the camera moves in, especially on Gerardo. The freckled skin on his back once looked like that of a marble statue, but in grief, it stretches a bit and wears the age of a pock-marked old man.

More than twice, a scene is as simple as a hand on a shoulder (this made me think of the finale in M where a man puts his hand on Peter Lorre's shoulder in a sign of compassion). With two bodies and their eyes, these actors say more silent than a monologue in the rain by Ben Affleck. Props to Julian Hernandez for saying so much with so little and making the viewer feel every moment of it.




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Fresa y chocolate (1994) aka Strawberry and Chocolate

Fresa y chocolate (1994) aka Strawberry and Chocolate


Naša svakodnevnica je prepuna homofoba. Ustvari većina ljudi se može svrstati u tu kategoriju, ali neki su veći homofobi nego što je to normalno!
A ko su najveći homofobi? Upravo oni koji nisu sigurni u svoju seksualnost. Koji se boje da ne upadnu u zamku nekog ovejanog homoseksualca i preko noći postanu pederi.
Nekako kada razmislim sve moje velike ljubavi su ispočetka imale dvojbe prema tome. Prva ljubav je tu bila i najhrabrija te me je startovala riječima: "Šta kažeš poslije zdravo?"
Druga ljubav, je onako feminizirano rekla: " Nikada nisam bio sa muškarcem!"
Treća: "Možemo sve raditi osim seksa!" ( seks je pri tome smatrao samo anal - sve ostalo je dozvoljeno.)
I četvrta koja još traje i trajaće do kraja života mi kaže: " Želim samo da te zagrlim i da tako ležimo, ćutimo i češkamo se!"

Ovaj film , koji se prije nekoliko godina vrtio i na našim televizijama, snimljen je na Kubi u Špansko-Meksičko-Kubanskoj produkciji. Govori nam o prijateljstvu između mladog strejtera studenta Davida i feminiziranog homoseksualca, književnika i umjetnika Diega.
Priča počinje "slučajnim susretom", ta dva lika u jednoj Havanskoj poslastičarnici i sada već čuvenoj sceni u kojoj Diego opisuje Jagode i čokoladu kao nešto po čemu se prepoznaju homići.
Diego inače spada u one feminizirane pedere koji izgledaju jako dobro, zgodno i privlačno, te da nema te feminističke crte bili bi meta mnogih žena i muškaraca.
David, kome je pederluk velika nepoznanica, pomisli da je Diego špijun zapadnih kapitalističkih sila i da kao takav predstavlja opasnost za komunizam na Kubi.
Diego inicira prijateljstvo sa lijepim Davidom i zaljubljuje se u njega......
Film nam na jedan prelijep način opisuje kako se iskrenošću i neposrednošću razbija homofobija. Diego naravno nije uspio od heteroseksualnog Davida napraviti pedera, ali je uspio steći prijatelja koji ga prihvata i razumije takvog kakav jeste.

Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
Writers: Senel Paz (screenplay), Senel Paz (story)
Release Date: 20 January 1995 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Plot Summary:
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinary ideas...

Plot Keywords: Havana Cuba / Loss Of Virginity / Male Full Frontal Nudity / Communist / Female Full Frontal Nudity
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 22 wins & 1 nomination

Cast
(Complete credited cast)
Jorge Perugorría ... Diego
Vladimir Cruz ... David
Mirta Ibarra ... Nancy
Francisco Gattorno ... Miguel
Joel Angelino ... German
Marilyn Solaya ... Vivian
Andrés Cortina ... Santeria priest
Antonio Carmona ... Boyfriend
Ricardo Ávila ... Taxi driver
María Elena del Toro ... Passenger
Zolanda On'a ... Passenger
Diana Iris del Puerto ... Neighbor


Also Known As: Fresa y chocolate (Mexico) (Spain)
Strawberry and Chocolate

Runtime: 108 min
Country: Cuba / Mexico / Spain
Language: Spanish

Strawberry and Chocolate (Spanish: Fresa y Chocolate) is a Cuban-Spanish-Mexican co-produced film, directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, based on the short story "The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo) written by Senel Paz in 1990. Senel Paz also wrote the screenplay for the film.

Synopsis

The story takes place in Havana, Cuba, 1979. David (Vladimir Cruz) is a University student who meets Diego (Jorge Perugorría), an artist who is apolitical and homosexual. David's heterosexual classmate, Miguel, encourages the friendship, thinking David can then spy on a person they see as aberrant and dangerous to the communist cause, while Diego initiates the friendship with sexual intentions. Reviewer Roger Ebert comments that "nothing unfolds as we expect. Strawberry and Chocolate is not a movie about the seduction of a body, but about the seduction of a mind. It is more interested in politics than sex — unless you count sexual politics, since to be homosexual in Cuba is to make an anti-authoritarian statement whether you intend it or not."

The title refers to a comment by David that he knew immediately that Diego was gay when he chose strawberry ice cream even though chocolate was available.

Awards and nominations

1995

* Goya Award for Best Spanish-Language Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana)
* Premio ACE awards: Cinema—Best Film, Cinema—Best Director, Cinema—Best Actor (Perugorría), and Cinema—Best Supporting Actor (Cruz)
* Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize:Special Mention

1994

* Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear—Special Jury Prize, Teddy—Best Feature Film
* Gramado Film Festival (Brazil): Audience Award, Kikito Critics Prize, and Golden Kikito awards in the categories of Best Latin Film, Best Actor (tie between Cruz and Perugorría), and Best Supporting Actress (Ibarra)

1993

* Havana Film Festival[1]: Grand Coral—First Prize, Audience Award, FIPRESCI Prize, OCIC Award, ARCI-NOVA Award, and the categories of Best Direction, Best Actor (Perugorría), Best Actress (Luisina Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Ibarra), and Best Screenplay.

Nominated

* Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1995
* Golden Berlin Bear, 1994 Berlin International Film Festival