WHEN/WHERE:
NOV 15 – 10pm @ Itaú Augusta 4
NOV 20 – 7:30pm @ Cinesesc
DIRECTION: Sebastián Muñoz
COUNTRY: Chile, Argentina, Belgium
YEAR: 2019
DURATION: 96′
Cast: Juan Carlos Maldonado, Alfredo Castro, Gaston Pauls, Sebastián Ayala
Screenplay: Luis Barrales, Sebastián Muñoz
Cinematography: Enrique Stindt
Editing: Danielle Fillios
Sound: Guido Deniro
Music: Angela Acuña
Production Design: Claudia Gallardo
Production: Marianne Mayer-Beckh, Roberto Doveris; El Otro Film, Niña Niño Films
SYNOPSIS: San Bernardo, Chile, 1970. One drunken night, Jaime, a lonely and narcissistic 20 year-old, stabs his best friend in what seems to have been a fit of passion. Sentenced to prison, he will meet The Stallion, an older and respected man in whom Jaime will find protection, revealing a deep need for tenderness and recognition. Behind bars, Jaime will become The Prince, learning about love and loyalty with The Stallion in a close relationship of “black love”, as it’s called in jail, all the while facing the violent power struggle inside the prison. Queer Lion Award at Venice.
AGE RATING: 18+
FILMOGRAPHY
1997 La Buena Suerte (curta)
1996 La Felicidad (curta)