Tremors (2019)
- Original title
- Temblores
- Directed by
- Jayro Bustamante
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Guatemala, France, Luxembourg
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 39 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 married man and father faces intense pressure from his family and church after coming out as gay. He submits to conversion therapy, struggling to reconcile his faith with his identity.
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What happens
Tremors (Spanish: Temblores) is a 2019 Guatemalan-French drama film written and directed by Jayro Bustamante. It stars Juan Pablo Olyslager as Pablo, a religious man in conversion therapy who is coping with the aftermath of having come out as gay after having spent many years married to a woman and fathering children. The film premiered in the Panorama program at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2019 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Sebastiane Latino Award for best Latin American LGBTQ-themed film. Background actors: Gerson Estrada (Cassandra) and Carmelita Guerra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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