Esteros (2016)

Two boyhood chums, separated soon after sexually awakening together, re-meet as young men with unspoken sexual tensions lying between them.

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	...	Marilú
Renata Calmon	...	Rochi
Marcelo Subiotto	...	Esteban
Pablo Cura	...	Roberto
Mariana Martinez	...	Inés
Felipe Titto	...	Tuto (as Felipe Tito)
Mercedes Gonzalez	...	Mariela (as Mercedes Gonzalez)
Noelja Waldovino	...	Rita (as Noelia Waldovino)
Emiliano Rajzner	...	Primo Gustavo
Luciano Gonzalez Quintana	...	Amigo de Matías niño 1 (as Luciano Gonzalez Quintana)
Federico Yardín	...	Amigo de Matías niño 2

Storyline

Matias and Jeronimo have known each other since childhood, but their friendship took a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both sexually awoke together. Matias's father indirectly broke up their relationship by accepting a job very far away. More than ten years later, Matias returns to his old town for carnival with his girlfriend and 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 | coming of age | sexual awakening | friendship | 

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Taglines:

Algunas historias te dan otra oportunidad. [Some stories give you another chance.]

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

With an audience of 2963 people, 'Esteros' obtained position #279 in Argentine box office ranking of 2017.

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Quotes

Jerónimo: [out on the marsh] My favorite spot. It feels strange to be here with somebody else.
Matías: Didn't you bring anybody here after all this time?
Jerónimo: This is Sleeping Beauty's castle, and nobody has ever come to kiss her.

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Connections

References The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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Soundtracks

Amores como el nuestro
Lyric and music by Omar Alfanno
Original version by Leo García
© Copyright 2016

User Reviews

Sweet love story about childhood friendship

Esteros is a coming-out-terms movie about a childhood friends who attracted to each other.

Matias and Jeronimo are kids who the parents friend with each other. They both are inseparable since then. Eventually they started attracted to each other as kids but unfortunately Matias's family must go to Brazil because of the job and leaving their hometown and Jeronimo.

Many years passed, Matias back to the town but he had girlfriend. Fate coming to rescue, they reunited again not knowing it beforehand and all the feeling to each other resurface.

You will see both of them trying to nostalgia the time and place when they were kids, but you also seeing the struggle from both of them. From Mati who always tries to throw away and forget whatever he felt toward his friend and Jero tries to show a hint to his friend what he felt because he's been patiently waited over the decade.

I love and I think it's sweet how Jero still do and remembering what they always do together as kids. But get frustated when found out Mati always tries to forget and remove Jero whenever he tell his girlfriend about his childhood life. But I know the reason why he doing that though.

The estuaries is beautiful, quite and relaxing. A place like that is needed nowadays. I like it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Argentina]

Country:

Argentina Brazil France

Language:

Spanish Portuguese

Release Date:

18 November 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Esteros

Filming Locations:

Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

ARS7,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,404

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hain Cine, Mulata Films, Latina Estudio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1