queertiques
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Men Of Hard Skin : a dark abusive coming-of-age tale set in the Argentinian countryside
Teenage Ariel (Wall Javier) lives in a large rambling farm outside of Buenos Aires with his machismo father ( Claudio Medina) and older sister (Camila Diez) after his mother had upped and left some years previously. .He’s a major disappointment to his father as he is a quiet sensitive boy who shows no interest…
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Everybody’s Talking About Jaime : the film of the hit queer stage musical
It’s almost impossible to talk about the glorious uplifting stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jaime without thinking that the show is like Billy Elliot being grown up and gay . Steeped in very similar references, it is the story of a boy living in blue collar Northern England who against all odds just wants…
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FIREFLIES : an Iranian gay man’s search for freedom
After escaping from Iran where he was persecuted for being gay, Ramin (Arash Marandi) mistakenly takes the wrong freighter out of the port and ends up stranded in Vera Cruz Mexico. It is hardly the vibrant city that it once was and is now decaying and demoralised like so many of people who seem…
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SOCRATES : a 15 year old gay Brazilian’s struggle for life and love
Life is tough enough for Socrates (Christian Malheiros) and his single-parent mother as they struggled to eak out a living in their small shabby apartment in Baixada Santista one of the rougher ghettos of São Paulo. Then she suddenly dies and the 15 year old is left to fend for himself. Behind in the…
