Four stori of gay love and self-acceptance are artfully woven together by Mexin wrer-director Serg Tovar Velar
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“4 Moons” is Serg Tovar Velar’s look at gay boys and men today’s Mexi. * 4 moons gay *
Each story rrponds to one of the four phas of the moon: new, half waxg, full, and half wang; and each has a gay protagonist at a roughly rrpondg time of life: late childhood, late teens or very early 20s, middle 30s, and old age.
Each protagonist fac challeng typilly faced by gay mal at those tim of life, but prented entirely origal I said, this is a very amb movie - attempts to give a prehensive look at an entire lifetime of gay experienc. Not only that, but do so wh such origaly that none of the four stori seemed like jt a rehashg of the same old gay g-out/mid-life-crisis/etc formulas.
4 Moons is h and new, not like any gay movie that me before stori are not arranged sequentially but are terwoven, swchg between them perdilly a way that is never distractg. Each story is pennt, but the theme of all four stori is the same--difficulti face by gay men.
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The stori have an age separatn: one is about a pre-adolcent, one about a llege-age uple, one about a uple midlife, and one about an elrly profsor who is married, wh grown children, but who still seeks love om a gay htler. The lk to the four tal are all about love and acceptance and are all about gay say anymore ns the risk of revealg the plot(s). Why n't the Gay Films the U.
It amaz me wh all the talent and money Hollywood that Gay films are generally so loy. Except for a uple of films like GBF and The Geography Club there have been almost no good gay films the past year or so. When someone starts talkg up an Amerin gay director who mak a lot of product that isn't very good and acts like people should settle for , I would rather read subtl and see a movie of this liber stead.
Some of the very bt Gay films are g om outsi of our borrs where gifted directors are makg very good films whout huge budgets or overpaid actors. I have seen some excellent Gay films this year, none of them e om Hollywood.
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And tertg that (as of this wrg) the one negative review here is om a Mexin who lls the worst gay movie ever. If you're readg this, reviewer, take a look at my reviews to fd a selectn of tly crge-makg gay movi. Gay life n be a the Netflix scriptn I too was expectg four short films.
I thk most Amerin gay men will too.
We are treated to four different yet terwoven stori; the mon nomator beg that they al wh beg gay and gay one story we meet an elrly closeted gay poet, Joaquín (Alonso Echánove); he is married, wh a seemgly happy wife and dghters. In a send story we get an example of a long-term (ten year) gay relatnship that is startg to fall apart. The relatnship between two young gay men is put unr prsure a third story; Leo (Gtavo Egelhaaf) is closeted and sred to reveal his sexual orientatn, whilst Fo (César Ramos) do not want to rema the closet any longer.
Four stori about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy stggl to keep secret the attractn he feels towards his male . Two former childhood iends rne and start a relatnship that gets plited due to one of them's fear of gettg ught. A gay long lastg relatnship is jeopardy when a third man along. An old fay man is obssed wh a young male prostute and tri to raise the money to afford the experience. Posted: November 23, 2014 Director: Serg Tovar Velar Wrer: Serg Tovar Velar Stud: Breakg Glass Pictur Release: November 21, 2014 Cast: Anton Velázquez, Alejandro la Madrid Bgp Drama Gay Foreign * 4 moons gay *
In the fourth story a clearly gay boy, Mric (Gabriel Santoyo) velops a csh on his olr , Oliver (Sebastián Rivera).
Mric sperately wants to get closer to Oliver, but is a risky move; what if Oliver is straight and homophobic? The director, Serg Tovar Velar, effectively highlights some of the issu faced by gays: Social prsure rultg fear and closeted liftyl, a swgg liftyle and promiscuy, and how hard is to make a long-term relatnship work. Furthermore, shows how a homophobic and tolerant society, fueled by the church, n rult bullyg and asslt.
Four terwoven stori about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy stggl to keep secret the attractn he feels towards his male . Two former childhood iends rne and start a relatnship that gets plited due to one of them’s fear of gettg ught. A gay long lastg relatnship is jeopardy when a third man along. An old fay man is obssed wh a young male prostute and tri to raise the money to afford the experience. * 4 moons gay *
Gay cema has reached an epome, by walkg hand hand wh director Serg Tovar Velar.
The third layer is addrs the loyalty issue of gay relatnship/ marriage. It also ph gay men to an another gree to ask themselv that "what is the glue for a succsful relatn?