Torino GLBT Film Festival Awards 2008
2008 Torino GLBT Film Festival Awards
2008 Torino GLBT Film Festival: April 17–25, 2008
Santiago Otheguy (above, right) directed and wrote (from a story he’d co-written with Juan Solanas) the Argentinian drama. La León, winner of the jury’s best film award at the 2008 Torino GLBT Film Festival. Set in northern Argentina’s Paraná Delta, La León depicts the conflict that develops between a lonely gay river worker (Jorge Román) and the captain of a passenger-boat (Daniel Valenzuela), in what sounds like a revamped take on Billy Budd. In Variety, Jay Weissberg wrote, "Beautifully textured b&w widescreen lensing conveys everything La León wants to say about isolation and longing, visualizing the distances between people as surely as if helmer/scripter Santiago Otheguy had opted [...]
by Andre Soares | April 30, 2008
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Tags: Argentinean Cinema, Daniel Valenzuela, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Jorge Roman, Juan Solanas, La Leon, Santiago Otheguy, South American Cinema, Torino GLBT Film Festival, Torino GLBT Film Festival 2008
