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La Leon (Ws Sub B&W) | 
 enlarge | Director: Santigo Otheguy
Actors: Jorge Roman, Daniel Valenzuela
Studio: WATER BEARER FILMS
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $26.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 19311
Format: Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 85
UPC: 759259141216
EAN: 0759259141216
ASIN: B001KMB7RW
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: December 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his village is that he is gay. There are no other gay men in his world, his only means of expression is with the occasional outsider who passes through. Most of these men come via the river taxi El Leon, who s captain. El Turu is a mean man with a homophobic streak and a secret.
Attitudes begin to change when illegal loggers appear in the jungle and El Turu accuses Alvaro of aiding them. Then again El Turu s attitude seemed to have already changed since he began watching Alvaro more closely in the shower.
This is a world where there are no signs of gay life, just men as men. These two men must battle each other over land and respect. Alvaro must live his life as he does, going from one encounter to the next. El Turu works to hide his secret and earn his crew s respect.
Santigo Otheguy s feature film is ground breaking by Argentinean standards. Never before has such an beautiful and erotic film been made about men who openly share thier feelings, both mental and physical. A must not just for gay audiences, but for all film buffs alike.
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Isolation and Longing November 9, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
"La Leon"
Isolation and Longing
Amos Lassen
The Parana Delta is a system of wetlands in the north of Argentina where loner Alvaro lives. He is an outsider among insiders because he is gay but his sexuality is really not an issue except for El Turu, the water-taxi captain who both taunts him and eyes him. There is a continuous struggle between the two and that's what this film is about.
The people of the area make their small livings by harvesting reeds and they are separated from each other by the water there. They are basically confined and to leave the area, they are dependent on El Turu and he is the most powerful man in the area because he owns El Leon, the water taxis. He wields a great deal of influence and he resents outsiders, especially Alvaro that he marks as an outsider because of his homosexuality.
Alvaro, like the others, is a reed cutter and even though his sexuality is kept hidden, El Turu has his suspicions and these are the roots of his hostility toward the man. It turns out that El Turu's anger is actually with himself because of the feelings he has internalized.
The movie is long and tends to bore sometimes because of director Santiago Otheguy's preference for long close ups and little dialog. The actors use their faces to play their parts and the conflict between the two men is shown without them saying much.
What is beautiful about the film is the landscape which dominates the screen. The film is in a kind of sepia tone so that it does not have the feel of a documentary. What we see is a world that no longer has color.
We do feel the alienation of the characters and the movie is primarily one that feels with masculine images--there are few women in it. This is a powerful movie but it does take patience to see it.
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