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MARILYN

By Martin RODRIGUEZ REDONDO

First film - Completed 2018

Marcos, a seventeen years farm worker, discovers his sexuality in a hostile environment. Nicknamed Marilyn by other teenagers in town, he becomes the target both of human desire and discrimination. Marcos feels himself pushed into a corner more and more.

Festivals
& Awards

Queer Lisboa 2018

Best feature film

The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2018

Best feature film

Cultweek – Mix Milano 2018

Best feature film

– Raíces Festival Internacional de Cine de Chivilcoy 2018

Best feature film

Festival de Cine Nacional de General Rodríguez 2018

Best feature film

Festival de Cine Nacional Leonardo Favio 2018

Jury Special Mention

Festival Audiovisual Bariloche 2018

Jury special mention and best actor

Festival de Cine Argentino de Tandil 2018

Best actor

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- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- First film, Drama
- Countries
- ARGENTINA, CHILE
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Director(s)
- Martin RODRIGUEZ REDONDO
- Writer(s)
- Mariana DOCAMPO, Mara PESCIO, Martin RODRIGUEZ REDONDO
- Cast
- Walter RODRIGUEZ, Catalina SAAVEDRA, German DE SILVA
- Producer(s)
- Paula ZYNGIERMAN (MARAVILLACINE)
- Synopsis
- Marcos and his family are caretakers working at a ranch. While father and brother do the heavier tasks, Marcos stays at home next to his mother. Everyone has a future set for him, but Marcos is just waiting for the arrival of Carnival, a time when he can show himself before everyone just the way he feels inside. The sudden death of the father leaves family in a vulnerable situation.The ranch’s owner now pressures them to go away while the mother, on her side, is pressuring Marcos to take care of field matters. Nicknamed Marilyn by other teenagers in the town, he’s a target for desire and discrimination. In a climate of growing oppression, cornered by his own family and by the town, Marcos will see himself facing the impossibility of being who he wants to be.

MARILYN

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