Esteros (2016)

Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening. ... See full summary »

Director:

Papu Curotto

Writer:

Andi Nachon (screenplay)

Stars:

Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ignacio Rogers	...	Matías
Esteban Masturini	...	Jerónimo
Joaquín Parada	...	Matías niño
Blas Finardi Niz	...	Jerónimo niño
María Merlino	...	Marilu
Renata Calmon	...	Rochi
Marcelo Subiotto	...	Esteban (as Marcelo Subioto)
Pablo Cura	...	Roberto
Mariana Martinez	...	Inés
Felipe Titto	...	Tuto (as Felipe Tito)
Mercedes Gonzalez	...	Mariela
Noelja Waldovino	...	Rita
Emiliano Rajzner	...	Primo Gustavo
Luciano Gonzalez Quintana	...	Amigo de Matías niño 1
Federico Yardín	...	Amigo de Matías niño 2

Storyline

Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening. Matias's father breaks up their relationship by accepting a job very far away. Family's contempt against homosexuality brings Matias to deny his friend and himself. More than ten years later, Matias returns to his old town for carnival with his girlfriend. He unexpectedly runs into Jeronimo. Feelings will slowly reappear and will reach a climax, but at what price?

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Plot Keywords:

gay | closeted homosexual | sexual awakening | coming of age | gay interest | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Argentina]

Country:

Argentina Brazil France

Language:

Spanish Portuguese

Release Date:

18 November 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ártér

Filming Locations:

Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

ARS 7,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,323, 30 December 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hain Cine,Mulata Films,Latina Estudio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film had theatrical release only in Argentina, were it achieved just 2963 spectators, with a total box office of 7323 USD.

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Connections

References Halloween (1978)

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Soundtracks

Amores como el nuestro
Lyric and music by Omar Alfanno
Original version by Los charros
© Copyright 1996 by Leader Music

User Reviews

Dull and cheesy film about coming out of the closet

I've seen this movie at a Gay Film Festival, and it was probably the less attractive of the six movies that I saw there (and the other five were not masterpieces but regular movies, so...).

The Script by Andy Nachon is interesting, but Director Papu Curotto did not achieve much with it. Most of the time, you feel like you are watching a Hallmark Channel TV Movie about "the importance of accepting love no matter what form it takes" -something quite cliché a decade after 'Water Lilies' and tons of similar films, and 25 years after 'Fucking Amal', 'In & Out', 'Emporte-moi', 'The Crying Game', 'Fresa y chocolate', ...). The freshness and realism provided by the Script is lost through the stiff and artificial aesthetic of Directing. The talent of Actors is wasted, amazing landscape is overused like in a kitsch tourism promotional video, the same happens with exposition flashbacks like in a trash romantic movie from the 80's, and the abuse of background songs is just ridiculous.

Work of Cinematographer and children Actors performance stand out.