Summary: Introverted Juan, the manager of the mannequin factory, lives alone with his 18-year-old gay son Pablo. While Pablo enjoys studying dance, Juan expects his boss to consider him a partnership after spending 25 years in the company. When Pablo is seriously injured in a brutal homophobic attack that witnesses him hospitalized, his father realizes how far away they are. The shortage of witnesses and expensive medical bills force Juan to forever leave the quiet stability of his life and change his place in a world of discrimination. His efforts continue to be useless until one night on the streets of Santiago set his own rules to save his son.
Review: Being gay and poor seem like death sentence in Chile. There are two pivotal scenes that I can appreciate in this movie. The first is the brutal assault by three of his neighbors, including his secret lover. The second is two explicit sex scenes. Those scenes look so realistic. However, after that tragic incident, the darkness of most of the father's scenes made this movie goes nowhere. The script fell apart as the story turned into his fragility, leaving no essence or significance at all, which unfortunately it didn't make me cry or even feel compassion for him.
Review: Being gay and poor seem like death sentence in Chile. There are two pivotal scenes that I can appreciate in this movie. The first is the brutal assault by three of his neighbors, including his secret lover. The second is two explicit sex scenes. Those scenes look so realistic. However, after that tragic incident, the darkness of most of the father's scenes made this movie goes nowhere. The script fell apart as the story turned into his fragility, leaving no essence or significance at all, which unfortunately it didn't make me cry or even feel compassion for him.