Undertow / Contracorriente
Encore screening June 14th, 7PM at BollyHood Cafe in San Francisco. This is co-presented with JCE Cinema.
Winner of the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award and 39 other Film Festival Awards. The film is also Peru’s Official Selection for a 2011 Oscar.
Directed by Javier Fuentes-Léon. Produced by Rodrigo Guerrero and Javier Fuentes-Léon.
In this unique ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside, a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town’s rigid traditions. Miguel (Cristian Mercado), a handsome young fisherman, and his beautiful bride, Mariela (Tatiana Astengo), are about to welcome their first child. But Miguel harbors a secret. He’s in love with Santiago (Manolo Cardona), a painter, who is ostracized by the town because he’s gay. After a tragic accident occurs, Miguel must choose between sentencing Santiago to eternal torment or doing right by him and, in turn, revealing their relationship to Mariela—and the entire village.
More information about the film at: http://www.undertowfilm.com
