The Male Gaze: Bitter Sweet
Genres
Overview
Take a trip on the wild side with these six daring short films from Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, Spain and France that uncover the power of nature and mysticism, family ties that bond yet suffocate, the vagaries of same sex attraction, the pain of memory, the thrill of what's to come. The 6 short films are: Memory of An Afternoon On the Roof [Recuerdo de una tarde en la azotea] (2022); Afternoon Sun [À Tarde, Sob o Sol] (2020); Sweet Water [Água Doce] (2023); Cor Petit (2023); Haiku (2022); The Boy Who Wanted to Fly [El niño que quería volar] (2018).
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
117 min
Release Date
2024-11-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Florian Lesieur
Evan
Tim Rousseau
Adam
Jesuíta Barbosa
João
Túlio Starling
Pedro
Joel Ávila
Luca Rossi
Adil Boulaft
Gael
Ilian Pudev
Julio
Gerard Larrondo
Tadeo
Khalid Guessaid
Víctor
Miguel Baltazar
Carlos
David S. Costa
Mateus
Jorge Muriel
Father
Pablo Mérida
Iván
Leonardo Castell
Paulino Razo
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