4 reviews
Although cliche ridden, this film offers a rare chance to focus upon a gay relationship in which the people involved are free from any feelings of guilt, and offer us a positive outlook for the two lovers. It's a pity it is so hard to find on video...
- Luke Joplin
- Jan 24, 2000
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this movie was made in 1986, when argentina had but just returned to democracy. as such, it is a very interesting snapshot of what the social imaginary was like in argentina in those years. the movie drew in large audiences and many a married person, after seeing this movie, questioned his/her choices and the forces that had impinged on those choices. as a cinematographic product, the movie is average: it was the director's first (and sadly also his last) movie and it shows at times. as a social product, this movie offers an excellent opportunity to understand argentina's contradictions and the way the glttbq community was beginning to resurface after years of persecution. today buenos aires is a premium destination for glttbq travelers -- there are civil union laws, international gay hotels, a myriad of gay organizations, etc. it is amazing -- or perhaps NOT so very amazing considering this city's paradoxical nature -- that this movie was made only 20 years ago. i recommend it for its historical value and its honest naïveté.
- wallykai-1
- Jun 3, 2006
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The answer is yes. A very real and effective film about two men that fall in love. The film shows in a simple way the relationship between an office man with his chief (a married man that discover his homosexuality face) and the society problems with their affair is discovered. One of the best gay films of Argentine. See "La Piel del Amor".
- boriscaligari
- Mar 26, 2000
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