Undertow (Contracorriente) on 35mm
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Director: Javier Fuentes-León Run Time: 100 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2009 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona, Tatiana Astengo
Screenwriter and Producer: Javier Fuentes-León
In honor of National Coming Out Day, Vidiots is proud to welcome filmmaker Javier Fuentes-León for a special 15th-anniversary screening of his haunting queer love story Undertow (Contracorriente). Javier Fuentes-León will be joined in conversation with Alonso Duralde film critic, podcaster, and author of Hollywood Pride.
In a tiny Peruvian seaside village, where traditions run deep, Miguel, a young fisherman, and his beautiful bride Mariela are about to welcome their first child. But Miguel harbors a scandalous secret. He’s in love with Santiago, a painter who is ostracized by the town because he’s gay. After a tragic accident occurs, Miguel must choose between sentencing Santiago to eternal torment or doing right by him and, in turn, revealing their relationship to Mariela—and the entire village.
Winner of the 2010 Sundance Audience Award and submitted by Peru to the 2011 Academy Awards, Undertow (Contracorriente) is rich in the details of legend, tradition, and locale; and it is in these details that the truth lies. Strikingly photographed to accentuate the majestic Peruvian coastline, this sexy, haunting love story transcends place and time.