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Macho (2016)

Macho poster
Directed by
Antonio Serrano
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 95 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Mexican comedy about a macho man who is forced to confront his own prejudices and assumptions about gender and sexuality. He gets involved with a gay friend and learns some surprising lessons about himself and the people around him.

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What happens

Macho is a 2016 Mexican comedy film, directed by Antonio Serrano and starring Miguel Rodarte, Cecilia Suárez, Aislinn Derbez and Renato López. Paul Julian Smith describes the film as a "post-homophobic comedy"; it is an example of the new wave of Mexican LGBT+ cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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