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Blue and Not So Pink (2012)

Blue and Not So Pink poster
Original title
Azul y no tan rosa
Directed by
Miguel Ferrari
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Venezuela, Spain
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
16
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 155 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gay photographer living in Spain returns to his native Venezuela when his sister is hospitalized. He must take custody of his teenage son and navigate the boy's struggle with his father's sexuality.

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What happens

Blue and Not So Pink (Spanish: Azul y no tan rosa, released in the U.S. as My Straight Son) is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by Miguel Ferrari in his directorial debut. The film won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 28th Goya Awards in 2014, the first Venezuelan film to do so. The film deals with controversial issues in Venezuelan society: homophobic violence, homosexuality, transsexualism and domestic violence. The film had its U.S. premiere on 25 June 2014 at the Frameline Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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