Martin (Javier De Pietro) is a schoolboy in Argentina, who fabricates an injury during swimming practice to engineer some time alone with his teacher, Sebastian (Carlos Echevarría), to whom he has taken something of a liking.
By pretending that his grandmother is out and he was supposed to stay over with a friend, Martin spends the night at Sebastian’s apartment, after which he returns to school and his mightily distressed parents, who had no idea where he was. Sebastian, meanwhile, is also struggling to come to terms with how he feels about Martin’s obvious affections.
*****
An intriguing film that ends up as far less than the sum of its parts, this nonetheless has some interesting and effective moments, even if it doesn’t in the end hang together coherently enough to really grab the attentions of the mainstream. De Pietro is an effective actor, his strong physique coupled...
By pretending that his grandmother is out and he was supposed to stay over with a friend, Martin spends the night at Sebastian’s apartment, after which he returns to school and his mightily distressed parents, who had no idea where he was. Sebastian, meanwhile, is also struggling to come to terms with how he feels about Martin’s obvious affections.
*****
An intriguing film that ends up as far less than the sum of its parts, this nonetheless has some interesting and effective moments, even if it doesn’t in the end hang together coherently enough to really grab the attentions of the mainstream. De Pietro is an effective actor, his strong physique coupled...
- 11/14/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ever wanted to have a hand in helping a film get made? Now you have your chance with a new film by the director of the acclaimed gay films Absent and Plan B, which was on our recent list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies.
Director Marco Berger has a new project underway called Hawaii, but there’s one thing standing in the way of actually shooting the film: funds. It’s a common problem for filmmakers trying to find financial backers, but Berger has turned to Kickstarter, a funding platform that helps artists raise money for everything from production to finishing costs of a project. Since its inception in 2009, Kickstarter, according to the website, has raised over $359 million and helped fun over 350 projects.
AfterElton checked in with Berger to find out more about Hawaii and, with just a few days left in his fundraising window (and still shy of...
Director Marco Berger has a new project underway called Hawaii, but there’s one thing standing in the way of actually shooting the film: funds. It’s a common problem for filmmakers trying to find financial backers, but Berger has turned to Kickstarter, a funding platform that helps artists raise money for everything from production to finishing costs of a project. Since its inception in 2009, Kickstarter, according to the website, has raised over $359 million and helped fun over 350 projects.
AfterElton checked in with Berger to find out more about Hawaii and, with just a few days left in his fundraising window (and still shy of...
- 10/16/2012
- by nyjimmy67
- The Backlot
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