directed by
Jayro Bustamante

Writer(s)

Jayro Bustamante

With

Mauricio Armas

Technical data

Year: 2019
Language: Spanish
Country: Guatemala, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 107
Producers: Edgard Tenembaum - Tu Vas Voir (F)
Pilar Peredo - La Casa De Produccion (GTM)
Nicolas Steil - Iris Productions
Alexandre Mallet-Guy - Memento Films Production (F)
Olivier Père & Rémi Burah - ARTE France Cinéma (F)
Distribution: Memento Films Distribution (FR)
Film Factory Entertainment (Sales)

Awards and festivals

Costa Rica International Film Festival - 2019 : Best Central American Film

Guadalajara International Film Festival - 2019 : Best Cinematography

Icaro-Festival de Cine y Video en Centroamerica - 2019 : Best film of Central America; Best Actor (Juan Pablo Olyslager); Best Actor (Mauricio Armas Zebadúa)

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival - 2019 :  Winner of Emerging Filmmaker Competition

LA Outfest - 2019 : Outstanding Performance in an International Story

San Sebastian International Film Festival : Best Latin American Film

CinéLatino Toulouse Latin American Film Festival : Jury Prize and Rail D’Oc

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards - 2020 : Nominated in the category "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Juan Pablo Olyslager)

Zacatecas International Film Festival - 2020

MUSOC. Muestra de Cine Social y Derechos Humanos de Asturias - 2020

Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg - 2020

Art Film Festival - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best Film"

Transilvania International Film Festival - 2019 :  FIPRESCI Competition

Uruguay International Film Festival - 2019 : International Competition

World Cinema Amsterdam - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best Film" 

Athens International Film Festival - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best Picture"

Berlin International Film Festival 2019: Nominated in the category "Best Feature Film"

Jerusalem Film Festival - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best Feature Film"

Chicago International Film Festival - 2019

Molodist International Film Festival - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best LGBT Film"

Montreal Festival of New Cinema - 2019

LesGaiCineMad, Madrid International LGBT Film Festival - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best Screenplay"

Miami Film Festival - 2019 : Nominated in the category "Best Film"

Berlin Film Festival - 2019,  Panorama section

Synopsis

Guatemala City nowadays. Pablo, 40, is a "good man", a fervent religious, married and father of two wonderful children. But Pablo is unfortunately not spared by the lowest temptations. So when he falls in love with Francisco, his family and his church decide to help him "heal".

God may like the sinner, but he hates sin ...