Simon, el gran varón (2002)

The first-born son of a wealthy Mexican businessman, Simon is doted upon by his father, Don Andres. But as Simon grows older, he displays a fondness for dressing in women's clothing and playing with dolls.

Director:

Miguel Barreda-Delgado

Stars:

Alberto Estrella, Hugo Stiglitz, Alicia Encinas

Cast

Credited cast:
Alberto Estrella	...	Andrés
Hugo Stiglitz	...	Benito
Alicia Encinas	...	Julieta
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alfonso Ayala	...	Judicial
Mel Bataz	...	Trasvesti
Víctor Carpinteiro	...	Juan
Flor De Jade	...	Madre de Sandro
Isain Dávila	...	Marcelino
Gibran Gonzalez	...	Simon
Román Hernández	...	Simon Niño
Lucio Jaime	...	Doctor
Rosario Juárez	...	Doctora
Mario Morales	...	Novio
Carlos Puente	...	Carlos
Baltazar Ramos	...	Lucio

Storyline

The first-born son of a wealthy Mexican businessman, Simon is doted upon by his father, Don Andres. But as Simon grows older, he displays a fondness for dressing in women's clothing and playing with dolls, and is eventually banished from home and disinherited. He then finds work as a performer in a nightclub that his father patronizes. Not recognizing his son as a beautiful young woman, Don Andres discloses some surprising secrets of his own.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

2002 (Mexico)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Awful production of a bad story

The movie attempts to catalog the hardships of a homosexual boy having to cope with his father's expectations of being an Alpha male. While this subject itself could've been portrayed in a much more interesting manner the makers of this absurdity chose to play it more or less as a Mexican soap opera. Acting quality is for the most part horrendous and the production isn't far behind. Five minutes into the movie you begin wondering if its worth watching the rest and by the end, if you last that long, you'll have wasted 2 perfectly good hours you could've spent doing more constructive work.. like watch paint dry. What will keep you mildly amused though are the borderline nonsensical subtitles. Somebody needs to teach them punctuation and maybe donate a dictionary while they're at it.