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Tremors (2019)

Tremors poster
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
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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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