Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘VERY DEEP INSIDE’ an erotic queer romance by Omar Flores Sarabia

Partners in crime share a fantasy gift, nudity, and explicit sex along the way.

A contemporary gay love story. Horacio (Omar Lozano) and Franco (Dave Torres) arrive in Mexico City to celebrate Horacio´s birthday. The meticulous plot unfolds chronologically, with on-screen indications of time, place, and room temperature in Celsius degrees. The city and its emblematic places, day and night, are also protagonists.

At the rented loft, there are hugs, kisses, and licks for a warm welcome, the couple talks about the past, both men are hungry and it shows, they decide to go out for something to eat, in while having dinner Franco an attractive man himself, expresses his interest on masculine beauty, remarking one lives only once, shy and also attractive Horacio remains silent. Back at the loft,  it is evident that something is missing in their communication and interactions.

Horacio decides to go for a walk at midnight; his steps take him to Somos Voces, a nocturnal bookstore where there is a pyramid of books written by Spanish psychologist, writer, and gay activist  Gabriel J. Martin, a sequence that resonates and brings to the screen young and curious Ger (Pocholito Tamayo) as a Colombian with an accent from Medellin trying to seduce Horacio.  At the loft, Franco shaves himself and makes selfies.

The next morning is Horacio´s Birthday, and he says his wish to spend the day.  In the following hours, we watch the protagonists walk as their concerns reveal themselves through their actions and omissions.  To conquer the city was the motto and will be the gift.

Of significant interest is Horacio´s reading of Alberto Fuguet´s Ciertos Chicos and his casual meeting at a coffee shop with Jesús (Juan Ríos Cantú), who shares his life experience in Cyprus and asks for Horacio´s phone number to keep in touch.

The film provides an accurate portrait of a gay couple safeguarding their love in the age of selfies and apps. It speaks volumes about open relationships. The poetic photo sequence with the closing credits and the final shot are not to be missed.

Film written by Chilean Alberto Fuguet, photographed and directed by Mexican Omar Flores Sanabria, also the creator of the successful series Con Lugar.  Film premiered at Cineteca Nacional Festival Mix Mexico de Diversidad Sexual.

 

Review by José Mayorgas , Guatemala, Central America lawyer and notary public, visual artist, and editor of El Azar Cultural, lives and works in Guatemala City. Cinema lover, curious about the possibilities life brings and eager to live the experience. 

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