Blokes
Santiago, Chile, in 1986. Luchito is 13 years old and feels deeply attracted to Manuel, a 16-year-old neighbour. Luchito masturbates whilst watching the window of an adjacent building where Manuel is enjoying a sexual encounter with a neighbourhood girl. The window becomes an erotic stage that arouses Luchito’s curiosity – but this has catastrophic consequences for Manuel.
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Runtime
15 min -
Country
Chile -
Year of Presentation
2011 -
Year of Production
2010 -
Director
Marialy Rivas -
Cast
Alfonso David, Pedro Campos, Pablo Macaya, Paula Zúñiga, Trinidad Gonzáles, Clara Escobar, María de los Ángeles García -
Production Company
Fabula -
Berlinale Section
Generation -
Berlinale Category
Short Film
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Biography Marialy Rivas
Born in Chile, award-winning director and writer Marialy Rivas spent her childhood and pre-teen years under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Tackling questions of wealth disparities and social mobility, Rivas went to one of the most southern islands of her home country for her short documentary Melody (Mountainfilm 2015), a film about a passion for music and its ability to offer a way out of poverty. Her other films include Young & Wild, which won Best Screenplay at Sundance 2012; There is Hope, a short film made with funding in part from the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation; and Blokes.