My Best Friend (Mi Mejor Amigo)
Breaking Glass Pictures (2017)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
Not In Collection
#1607
8*
Seen ItYes
(4/15/2019 Dekkoo)
IMDB   6.7
90 mins Argentina / Spanish
VoD 
Angelo Mutti Spinetta Lorenzo
Lautaro Rodriguez Caíto
Guillermo Pfening Andrés
Mariana Anghileri Camila
Benicio Mutti Spinetta Luky
Romana Aleksandra Gulich Graciana
Renata Lizzi Candela
Maite Valero Mora
Irina Misisco Luchi
Agustín Dalmasio Sosa Team Captain #1
Franco Picciano Team Captain #2
Joaquín Borovich Manu
Christian Ferrara Leisure Time Companion #1
Valentín Oliva Leisure Time Companion #2
Manuel Estrach Leisure Time Companion #3
Santiago Manera Owner of the Corralón
Elana Murgia Teacher
Florencia Gillette Girl at Pool
Cristian Encina Guy at Pool
Director/Choreographer
Martín Deus
Producer Miguel Angel Rocca
Daniel Pensa
Mariano Contreras
Pablo Ingercher Casas
Writer/Composer Martín Deus
Cinematography Sebastián Gallo
Music Mariano Barrella


Lorenzo is a teenager who lives in Patagonia. One day his family receives in his house to Caíto, the son of some friends who are going through a serious family situation and can not take care of him. He is a complicated kid and has difficulty adapting to the new home. Despite the differences, a unique friendship arises between them. Each has much to learn from the other. Caito, still with his things, has that share of rebellion that Lorenzo needs to break the strict molds in his head and to let his most repressed instincts and passions flow. Home life becomes chaotic but vital and engaging. Caíto is much more than a troublesome boy: he is someone who forces Lorenzo's parents to reopen a dark chapter of their past that they would rather not remember.
Edition Details
Original Title Mi Mejor Amigo
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Owner Frameline Voices
Tags coming of age
Links + Review: Gay Essential (Alistair Ryder)
Mi mejor amigo at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
Streaming, VoD Dekkoo

Notes
What makes this a "very fine", if not "great", film is that Director Martín Deus does not take the trope of Lorenzo, a self-aware closeted gayman, of "falling in love" with Caito, instead he' becomes a loving best friend. . In the end it's a harder job.