Story
In the streets of Bogotá, a teenager struggles with the demands of his macho surroundings. Sensitive and subtle, this queer coming-of-age drama explores Latin American ideas of masculinity. Carlos is 16 and lives in a youth facility in the centre of Bogotá. It’s Christmas and the boy is looking forward to spending the holidays with his mother and sisters. When he leaves the centre, he is confronted with the brutal machismo of his neighbourhood. To survive, Carlos has to prove that he can stand up to the league of alpha leaders. But his desire for recognition collides with other, contradictory feelings inside him.
Director
Besides working as a director, FABIÁN HERNÁNDEZ (*1985 in Bogotá) also teaches direction and screenplay writing at state schools in Bogotá. A Male is his debut feature and premiered in the section Semaine de la Critique at Cannes.Trailer
Info
Un Varón
Fiction Feature
Spanish
Vitrina//FF2022
Colombia, France, Netherlands, Germany
2022
82 min
OV with English subtitles
Fabian Hernández
Fabian Hernández
Dylan Felipe Ramírez
Manuel Ruiz Montealegre
Sofía Oggioni
Isabel Torres
Nicolás Demasion
Mike & Fabien Kourtzer
Juan David Bernal
Santiago Porras
Cercamon
Medio de Contención Producciones
In Vivo Films (Louise Bellicaud, Claire Charles-Gervais); Fortuna Films (Ilse Hughan); Black Forest Films GmbH (Christoph Hahnheiser, Josune Hahnheiser); RTVC Play
Cercamon, Dorian Magagnin: dorian@cercamon.biz