Hunky Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Beautiful Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each other in an apartment complex. They meet online, talk, and even see each other in video calls, but they can’t meet in person. Eventually, the temptation to break out of their lockdown comes up. With evocative references to the AIDS crisis and our own time, what follows is an erotic, visceral, and generous exploration of the pandemic state of mind, a time when individual pleasure becomes taboo.
- Year2023
- Runtime78 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryMexico
- PremiereEast Coast Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorJulián Hernández
- ScreenwriterJulián Hernández, Gustavo Hernández de Anda
- ProducerRoberto Fiesco, Iliana Reyes Chávez
- CastHugo Catalán, Mauricio Rico, Luis Vegas
- CinematographerAriana Romero Rodríguez
- EditorEmiliano Arenales Osorio
Hunky Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Beautiful Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each other in an apartment complex. They meet online, talk, and even see each other in video calls, but they can’t meet in person. Eventually, the temptation to break out of their lockdown comes up. With evocative references to the AIDS crisis and our own time, what follows is an erotic, visceral, and generous exploration of the pandemic state of mind, a time when individual pleasure becomes taboo.
- Year2023
- Runtime78 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryMexico
- PremiereEast Coast Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorJulián Hernández
- ScreenwriterJulián Hernández, Gustavo Hernández de Anda
- ProducerRoberto Fiesco, Iliana Reyes Chávez
- CastHugo Catalán, Mauricio Rico, Luis Vegas
- CinematographerAriana Romero Rodríguez
- EditorEmiliano Arenales Osorio