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2015 | Color | 94:00

Middle-aged Armando lures young men to his home with money. He only wants to watch from a strict distance. Armando’s first encounter with street thug Elder is violent, but this doesn’t discourage the lonely man’s fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly and an unexpected intimacy emerges. But Armando’s haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection on Armando’s behalf.


Country: México, Venezuela
Direction: Vigas; Lorenzo
Script: Vigas; Lorenzo, basado en una historia de Guillermo Arriaga y Lorenzo Vigas
Production: Vigas; Lorenzo, Ramírez; Édgar, Ripstein; Gabriel, Franco; Michel, Arriaga; Guillermo, Cova; Rodolfo
Photography: Armstrong; Sergio
Sound: Xavier; Waldir, Baksht; Jaime
Cast:Silva; Luis, Montilla; Jerico, Cardozo; Catherina, Castro; Alfredo
Art direction: Tikas; Matías
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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