José (19 years old) lives with his Mother (50s) in Guatemala City - a typical lower-class existence in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. She never had a husband, and José is her youngest and favorite child. Her life is her church, and selling sandwiches at a bus stop. José spends his days on cramped buses and fighting traffic as he runs food to waiting drivers. Aloof and resigned to things as they are, he fills his free moments playing with his phone and random sex arranged on street corners and dating apps. When he meets Luis, a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship and José is thrust into passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.
FESTIVALES Y PREMIOS
Venice Film Festival (2018) Queer Lion [Winner]
Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ (2020)Best Feature Film [Winner]
Latin American Feature Film Competition
Boston LGBT Film Festival (2019) International Competition [Winner]
Best Film
Bratislava International Film Festival (2018) Special Mention [Winner]
Special Mention of the Jury
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, US (2019) Festival Award [Winner]
Best Film
Kaleidoscope LGBT Festival (2019) Jury Award [Winner]
Best Artistic Achievement
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (2019) Jury Award [Winner]
Best Screenplay Jury Award [Winner]
Best Narrative Feature
Nantes Three Continents Festival (2018) Special Mention [Winner]
Best Film
Santo Domingo OutFest (2020) Jury Prize [Winner]
Best Actor
Enrique Salanic
Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ (2020)Best Feature Film [Winner]
Latin American Feature Film Competition
Boston LGBT Film Festival (2019) International Competition [Winner]
Best Film
Bratislava International Film Festival (2018) Special Mention [Winner]
Special Mention of the Jury
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, US (2019) Festival Award [Winner]
Best Film
Kaleidoscope LGBT Festival (2019) Jury Award [Winner]
Best Artistic Achievement
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (2019) Jury Award [Winner]
Best Screenplay Jury Award [Winner]
Best Narrative Feature
Nantes Three Continents Festival (2018) Special Mention [Winner]
Best Film
Santo Domingo OutFest (2020) Jury Prize [Winner]
Best Actor
Enrique Salanic
Director: Li Cheng
Script: Li Cheng and George F. Roberson
Production Company: YQ Films
Production: Li Cheng and George F. Roberson
DoP: Paolo Girón
Film Editing: Lenz Claure
Guatemala 2018
Drama
Color DCP 85 min
Camera Panasonic GH5