Lucas travels to visit his sister in a remote town in southern Chile. In front of the ocean and the fog, he meets Antonio, a boatswain in a local fishing boat. When an intense romance grows between them, their strength, their independence and their adulthood become immovable in front of the tide.
The newest addition to my 30 Films, 30 Countries challenge is this excellent Chilean production that has recently been added to MUBI. An intimate film with charming landscapes of beaches and ruins in southern Chile and two actors with the kind of intoxicating on-screen chemistry that's hard to find in love stories.
I love stories that allow characters to be queer without feeling the need to make a drama out of it even though the setting isn't the most LGBTQIA+-friendly. And while the main relationship is great, I also loved the relationship between the siblings.
Would've benefited from a couple more minutes, but it still packs a punch.