(2013, 76 min)
Country: Argentina
Director: Marcelo Briem Stamm
Studio: TLA Releasing
Language: Spanish
SYNOPSIS: Two young men in Buenos Aires meet and begin an erotic, intimate relationship but secrets from their past are revealed, threatening their love in this taut Argentinean drama.
REVIEW:
In recent years, Argentina has become a hot bed of LGBT filmmaking, and that reputation only gets stronger with this sexy, romantic and uncomfortably chilling tale of love and deception from first-time director Marcelo Briem Stamm.
Handsome, middle class Manuel (Patricio Ramos), hurt by his previous relationship and bored being alone, meets Julio (Mario Verón), a rugged, lonely, unemployed young man in a chat room. The two eventually meet up in person and the sexual spark is quickly ignited. And while sex is satisfying and frequent, it is their collective problems with intimacy, trust and the fear of being hurt that make them hesitant to commit fully.
As their relationship develops, both reveal secrets from their past but these revelations might be real, imagined or outright lies. Who is being truthful, who is real, and who truly loves the other?
All is revealed in this romantic, passionate drama/thriller that offers a shocking, strangely satisfying conclusion.
-- Raymond Murray, TLA Video (http://www.tlavideo.com)
