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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The movie was paced very well. Started out soft, calm, with warm lighting and very little music. It progressed very naturally, and I enjoyed the ride.My biggest issue with this movie is the child actor. The kid was basically mumbling the entire time, and he delivered his lines flatly. Maybe that was the intention, but it was frustrating. However, Daniela Ramírez was excellent. Francisco and Emilio were great, and had a wonderful chemistry together.Overall this movie was decent. Not perfect, but not horrible. I didn't like the ending because I'm a hopeless romantic and wanted the two to get together, but I can appreciate it for its realness. Sometimes life doesn't work out the way you want.

BIG OL SPOILERS *** We're shown the basic premise right at the start of the film... Bruno is separating from his wife. Then he's off to Santiago to meet with a tour guide, who will show him around. And of course there is his son. Somehow, he ends up at a gay bar ostensibly after a work event, but of course he bumps into Fer, the guide, who tells him he's gay and that's his bar. We are shown some foreshadowing when Fer says "I hate happy endings!" This moves pretty slowly, which I don't usually mind; movies that move quite slow are very relaxing, and give you time to think. A study of fluid relationships. Obviously, if Bruno was already leaving his wife, there was clearly something already troubling him; Fer puts the moves on Bruno, and after resisting at first, they get together. An annoying few minutes where they director has the camera jump around, as we seem to be peeking in on their fun. Then, of course, things blow up with the wife after Bruno is spotted kissing Fer in public. Produced and directed by Claudio Marcone. Not much information about him on IMDb, but this seems to be his only film project so far. Written by Rodrigo Norero. Not much info about him either. I wonder if this was his own story. Contains nudity and almost explicit sex scenes, so this one is not for the kiddies. Showing on netflix. Overall, an excellent film. We observe the awkwardness and un-ease we all feel when we experience new things, or even just the confusion of not knowing what we really want. Interesting that at the very end, the wife admits rejoicing when she discovers that the husband isn't perfect. I'm surprised that this has such a low rating as of today... would have expected it to be higher. it deserves a higher rating, and look forward to more from this team.

Usually, an individual will find his sexuality black and white, but for some people like Bruno, it's "in the grayscale".Bruno, a successful married architect with one kid, is struggling internally and opted to separate temporarily from wife to stay at his grandpa's house, while doing design work (a monument building project) for his client. He meets Fer, his tour guide who showed him some building concept ideas around the city. Then, he starts to explore his hidden sexuality. Throughout the film, we become a voyeur and see his loneliness, confusion and his indecision, consequently affecting the people around him. A number of gay themed films have tackled sexual confusion/ambiguity. This one works quite well as a moderately-paced film, just allowing characters to develop. Music is minimal, you can hear only some ambient bar music. Natural acting among the main leads: we love Bruno's talking eyes and restrained acting and we celebrate Fer's openly gay persona. Most of the characters here are imperfect but understanding people we see everyday.It's the director's debut feature film, and award-winning at that. Highly recommended.I can sympathize with Bruno since he was brought up dreaming of only "romantic tales between a man and a woman." His bridge is a long one to cross. And when he gets there, we hope that it would be a more meaningful and happier place than where he is now.

This film starts strong. It's beautifully filmed, the acting for the most part is very strong, the writing is clean and crisp - there is very little to complain about technically. I also really like the way the primary relationship in the story grows and develops. The two characters are very different, and those differences help fuel some outstanding moments of exchange between the two principal characters.Having said all that the film seems to peter out at the end! The lead character is in conflict with himself, but the way story just seems to sputter to an end is frustrating. No, not all stories have to end with a bow, no doubt - but this seems to just awkwardly terminate.I still highly recommend the story, and I look forward to this director's next effort - very much worth watching.