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

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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