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Synopsis: An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: The Film Collaborative
  12 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
97 min
£38,559
Website
218 Views


I've promised Hector that I'd replace him.

It seems like you're the only one who does any work.

- If I don't work, we don't eat.

You're won't work so hard when Miguelito is born, huh?

That's a good one.

What is it?

For me?

Who else?

Watch me.

Watch me.

- I'm curious.

Damn, you seem to be an expert.

I'm going to break your record.

- Will you agree to four.

Go f*** yourself.

Not even three.

F***ing rocks.

Which do youu like most?

- Are these all there are?

No.

You took one of me at the funeral.

It's under my bed.

Naughty boy. I said you shouldn't shoot me.

I don't need to take pictures of you.

I know your body from head to toe.

I'll show you.

It's really well done.

You looked so serious when you were burying Carlos.

You looked like a real leader.

You have to take it seriously,

otherwise his soul will find no rest.

You really believe that story, huh?

Wisearse. Don't spit into the sky,

because it'll come back to hit you in the face.

Terrible saying.

They're good,

but they were better last week.

Have you suddenly become a connoisseur?

Forgive me, Your Eminence.

There's something for you.

What is it?

- Open it.

I wanted to give it to you for the trip,

but now you're not going ...

What?

I said I didn't want any gifts.

You wanted a love.

She thinks I'm fixing nets. What should

I say? I found it in the sea?

Don't be so stupid.

-Hide it in your boat.

You're certainly feeling very generous.

The camera. The candle for Mariela.

You thought I wouldn't find it?

She wanted it very much.

- I don't want you to give her anything.

don't talk to her

and stay away from her.

I met her by chance.

- I'm not interested in an explanation.

You'd like me to be dumb and nothing more.

Maybe you think that, but I don't.

But that's how it should be.

Really?

Well if it should be so ...

...then I can go one better.

Come on, Santiago.

Wait.

What about your paintings?

You really are stupid. Do you really think

I'm here because of them?

I am here because of you, idiot. Now I've

said it. Satisfied? I'm here because of you.

You knew I had a wife and a child

besides, I'm not like that.

No ... You're a real man, huh?

A real macho, huh?

- So what?

And what am I?

Think what you want,

but I see your face when we f***.

F*** you.

Go f*** yourself, motherf***er.

Like every Sunday, we're invited to Miguel &

Mariela Salas home ...

...to enjoy lunch for 1 hour.

Because she's giving birth soom she needs help with the cooking.

Tano and Jacinto have already offered their help. Give them a round of applause.

And someone else has offered to help?

Yes, yes. I will.

You, Ms. Trinidad?

- No, not me. My daughter.

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Javier Fuentes-León

Javier Fuentes-León is a Peruvian film director based in Los Angeles and best known for his directorial long-feature debut Undertow (Spanish title Contracorriente) that starred Cristian Mercado as Miguel, a fisherman who is torn between his love for his pregnant wife Mariela played by Tatiana Astengo and a painter artist Santiago played by Manolo Cardona. The film, a co-production between Peru, Colombia, France and Germany, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and actually won the World Cinema Audience Award . It also won the Sebastiane Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Fuentes-León was born in Peru and graduated from Medical School in Peru, but made a radical change by moving to Los Angeles in 1994 to pursue a career in film directing by studying for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). His thesis film, Espacios won the National Award for Short Films from the Peruvian government in 1997. He also wrote a theatrical piece Mr. Clouds in 2000, which the National Theater of Peru considered among the best of the year and published it in the compilation Dramaturgia Nacional 2000. In the following years, Fuentes-León worked as the lead writer for reality TV shows at the Telemundo in the U.S., subtitled films from major Hollywood studios into Spanish, and worked as an editor of commercials and TV shows, including Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels for the Food Network, while focusing on his own writing and directing projects. His second short Géminis premiered at Outfest in 2004 and screened at various international film festivals. Currently, Fuentes-León is developing various projects including The Woman Who Feared the Sun (based on his play Mr. Clouds) and Sinister, a rock musical set in a restrictive society of the near future, for which Fuentes-León is writing the music as well. more…

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