No se lo digas a nadie (1998)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Francisco J. Lombardi

Writers:

Jaime Bayly (novel)
Giovanna Pollarolo (writer)

Release Date:

16 July 1998 (Peru)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

La historia más escandalosa de Lima

Plot:

Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima...

Plot Keywords:

Cocaine | College | Homoeroticism | Bisexuality | Gay Interest

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Santiago Magill	...	Joaquín Camino
Christian Meier	...	Gonzalo
Lucía Jiménez	...	Alejandra
Giovanni Ciccia	...	Alfonso
Vanessa Robbiano	...	Prostitute
Carlos Fuentes	...	Gerardo
Gianfranco Brero	...	University Professor
Carlos Tuccio	...	Sacerdote Confesor
Anibal Zamoa	...	Transvestite
Emilran Cossío	...	Dioni
Jorge Lopez Cano	...	Proprietor of the Bordello
Alonso Alegría	...	Sacerdote
Gerardo Ruiz	...	Jorge
Johnny Mendoza	...	Comprador de Droga
Javier Echevarría	...	Rector de Universidad

Also Known As:

Don't Tell Anyone (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Spain | Peru

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Peru:18

Filming Locations:

Lima, Peru

Quotes:

Luis Felipe Camino: You are drunk!
Joaquín Camino: I'm drunk AND high, that doesn't make me any less gay.

Movie Connections:

Features Belle epoque (1992)

Soundtrack:

Lb

Gay life in Latin American upper classes

"No se lo digas a nadie" is a film that is showing in several theaters in Mexico City, following a trend of showing gay themed movies outside art clubs. I think it is a good reflection of what coming out is in Latin America for upper class youth, it shows the alienation that can lead to drug abuse, something that is not particular to this part of the world, as Australian movie "Head on" shows; but more tellingly, it shows the absence of a gay subculture, or at least, in such deeply class divided cultures as Peru and Mexico, the preeminence of class identity over sexual identity. It is thus not only possible but even mandatory for people with a homosexual orientation to marry within the appropriate social circle, while at the same time having homosexual encounters. I think this movie is at times excessively caricaturesque in its portrayal of machismo and its counterpart, submissiveness and religiousness in Latin American women, I felt like I was watching one of the soap operas the region is famous the world over, but on the whole I think the movie is on target in its honest portrayal of the subject.