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Cachorro (2004)

Cachorro poster
Directed by
Miguel Albaladejo
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gay man takes care of his young nephew when the boy's mother travels to India. He slowly forms a close bond with the boy, which pushes him to rethink his own life.

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What happens

Bear Cub (Spanish: Cachorro) is a 2004 Spanish comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Miguel Albaladejo. The plot follows a bearish gay man who ends up looking after his nephew while his sister goes away to India and in turn makes him develop a fatherly bond with the boy, that forces him to change his own lifestyle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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