José
Outsider Pictures (February 2019)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
Not In Collection
#1569
0*
Seen ItNo
IMDB   6.9
85 mins Guatemala / Spanish
Enrique Salanic Jose
Manolo Herrera Luis
Ana Cecilia Mota Mom
Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez Monica
Esteban Lopez Ramirez Carlos
Cesar Lorenzo Yojcom Candido Manager
Juan Andres Molina Cardona Juan
Alba Irene Lemus Grandma
Carlos Humberto Fuentes Maldonado Dancing teacher
Jennifer Cecilia Amoia Mota Sister
Evelyn Celinda Bautista Torres Luis's mom
Jashua Belvino Argueta Mejia Paolo
Valeria Maribel Xutuc Reyes Emma
Mytian Ticas Unattractive guy
Rony Andres Saavedra Bus boy
Tania Guevara Buy girl
Guillermo Baechli Bus victim
Luis Jonathan Santandrea Barrios Dancer #2
Deigo Berganza Guy who is late
Jessica Mishel Estrada Sofia
Lissette Garcia Shukos customer #1
Alejandra Garrido Girl eating icecream
Luis Guzman Bus thief #1
Haylin Gabriela Garcia Jocola Neighbor's girl
Humberto Martinez Guy on Motocycle
Director/Choreographer
Li Cheng
Producer Li Cheng
George F. Roberson
Writer/Composer Li Cheng
George F. Roberson
Cinematography Paolo Giron
Music Chen Yao


José (19 years old) lives with his Mother (50s) in Guatemala City - a typical lower-class existence in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. She never had a husband, and José is her youngest and favorite child. Her life is her church, and selling sandwiches at a bus stop. José spends his days on cramped buses and fighting traffic as he runs food to waiting drivers. Aloof and resigned to things as they are, he fills his free moments playing with his phone and random sex arranged on street corners and dating apps. When he meets Luis, a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship and José is thrust into passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Lists † Top Ten Picks at London’s BFI FLARE Film Festival (2019)
Festivals & Awards BFI FLARE Film Festival 39 (2019)
IMDb Voters <500
QueerGuru Rating 9
Viewing Priority 2 Medium