Queer movie rec: Esteros

Esteros - Netflix, Spanish with English subtitles

A sweet, slow-burn gay romance. Matias and his girlfriend are visiting his home town in Argentina and he runs into his childhood best friend, Jero. They spend a couple of days together and reconnect. The film goes back and forth in time, showing their teenage relationship and their nascent adult relationship. Much of this is set in the country, among farms and estuaries. This story starts slow, and remains slow, but I liked how the camera lingered on their faces and on the landscapes. I'm such a sucker for this kind of romantic story, where one person went into the closet and the other didn't; where the struggle of coming out is written on the character's face. The little moments--looks and touches-- that mean so much and are instantly recognizable if you've been through it. The way that Matias' father with one look, stops the boys from dancing. The peacefulness they feel around each other, and they way that peacefulness is embodied by the landscape, directly tying their queer love to nature.

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