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Esteros

2016 · 83 min

A tender, slow-burning reunion that lingers on unspoken longing and the ache of rekindled first love.

Directed by
Papu Curotto
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada
Tagline
It's never too late to re-live your first love
Overview
Childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reach adolescence and experience sexual attraction to each other, before being separated by circumstances. Later, as young adults, they meet again, and the film follows themes of complicated relationships and sexual tensions, as well as issues of homophobia.

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Directed by
Papu Curotto
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • memory
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

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drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Andi Nachon
Starring
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Runtime
83 min
Country
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Languages
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