Le Colocataire

Marco Berger's impressive slow-paced film takes place in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina where the shy and reserved blondhaired Gabriel, superbly played by Gaston Re, who is gay has just moved in with his handsome widowed colleague with a young daughter, Juan, terrifically played by Alfonso Baron, who is dealing with his grief and coming to terms with latent homosexulity. The film shows the lustful yearning that Gabriel has for the closeted alpha male Juan who is constantly bringing a string of young women with while Gabriel watches from a far. The attraction and sexual tension between the two man is undeniable and they begin a hot sexual relationship that soon turns into heartbreaking love as Gabriel reluctantly allows himself to be dominated and dictated to by the self-centered Juan, who continues to have a relationship with a girlfriend while he beds Gabriel at night. Solid direction by Berger, and striking cinematography by Nahuel Berger. An engrossing human drama.