José (2018)
- Directed by
- Li Cheng
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Guatemala
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- C
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young gay man lives with his mother in Guatemala City and works a low income job. He meets another man and falls in love. The story shows his struggle with his identity and search for intimacy in a conservative and religious society.
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What happens
José is a Guatemalan feature-film social-drama by Li Cheng. It was first shown at the 75th Venice Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section on 6 September 2018. It is the first Guatemala and Central America film ever presented in Venice Film Festival. The film follows a young gay man who lives with his mother in Guatemala City where he works a low income job and faces economic hardship living in a country with conservative social norms. He meets another man, Luis, which he falls in love with and that changes his life through the aspect of questioning his identity and self-reflection of his emotional intimacy. The coming-of-age film grapples with the realities of being an LGBTQ+ person searching for love in a highly religious and homophobic country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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