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If you're looking for a film about how not to conduct yourself in a gay male relationship, this is it. Writer-director Matías De Leis Correa's second feature outing is a talky, jumbled mess about the dysfunctional reunion of two long-separated partners (Patricio Arellano, Esteban Recagno) who constantly paw at one another but can't make up their minds about what they want for the future. In a story that pretentiously deals with the supposed power of love and unrestrained raw emotion, the film ends up being little more than an exercise in circular, often-contradictory discussions about relationships and responsibility as a precursor to soft-core gay male porn. The picture tries hard to pass itself off as a work of poetic, heartfelt romance but is in actuality little more than slickly produced justification for bad behavior. What's more, the story grows ever more tedious as it unfolds, straining to evoke sympathy from audience members for the selfish expectations and doormat subservience of its two remarkably unlikable protagonists, plot devices that regularly and increasingly prompt sighs and reactions of "Oh, come on already!" While this release admittedly features some fine camera work of the Argentinean landscape, that's about all it has going for it. This one is easily skipped.

This film is phenomenal. The story is shown in a very beautiful and sentimental way. I found it deeply touching because I myself identify with the story in some ways, so this film is then that but expanded. It is also very actual as the production quality as well as the cultural elements of the film makes the story feel very real and relevant to the present day. I loved how poetic many of the conversations went, which makes the whole narrative feel very artful. The acting of the characters is also on point: they're completely submerged into their characters. So the beautiful storytelling accompanied by how relatable the story was makes me love this film. And although the ending was quite sad, it was still rather appropriate for the circumstances. All in all, this is one of the most beautiful gay films I've ever watched in my life.