Bolivia’s selection committee has opted to submit Rodrigo Bellott’s polemical “Tu Me Manques” to vie for the International Feature Film Academy Award. The gay drama beat 11 other local films in con…
The gay drama beat 11 other local films in contention. “By supporting my film despite the controversy, Bolivia has proven that it is a progressive country, and that in the end, art and cinema will prevail,” said Bellott, who has seen his fourth film greeted by both glowing reviews and homophobic slurs since it bowed in August.
The fact that there were 11 other films under consideration is also testament to the mini production boom in Bolivia, which is expecting some 30 homegrown releases next year. Starring Argentine actor Oscar Martinez and Spanish actress/Almodóvar muse Rossy de Palma, “Tu Me Manques” follows a man, played by Martinez, who goes to New York after the suicide of his son, to confront his son’s boyfriend. While the two men clash over the father’s inability to understand his son’s sexuality, the boyfriend stages a play to pay tribute to his lost love.
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