José

Movie · Drama · LGBTQ

José (magnetic newcomer Enrique Salanic) lives with his mother (Ana Cecilia Mota) in Guatemala City, where they survive on her selling sandwiches at bus stops and with him working at a local restaurant. It is a poor and sometimes dangerous country where, dominated by conservative Catholic and Evangelical Christian religion, living one's life as an openly gay man is hard for José to imagine. His mother has never had a husband, and as her youngest and favorite child, though at the edge of manhood at 19-years old, she is determined to hold on to him. Reserved and private, José fills his free moments playing with his phone and random sex with other men arranged on street corners and dating apps. When he meets attractive and gentle Luis (Manolo Herrera), a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than José has ever felt. He is thrust into new passion and pain, and self-reflection, that push him to rethink his life even as he is reluctant to take a leap of faith.

2020 · 1h 25m
  • 86%
Starring Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera, Ana Cecilia Mota
Director Li Cheng

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Cast & Crew

  • E‌S
    Enrique Salanic
    José
  • M‌H
    Manolo Herrera
    Luis
  • A‌C
    Ana Cecilia Mota
    Mom
  • J‌W
    Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez
    Monica
  • E‌L
    Esteban Lopez Ramirez
    Carlos
  • C‌L
    Cesar Lorenzo Yojcom Candido
    Manager
  • J‌A
    Juan Andres Molina Cardona
    Juan
  • A‌I
    Alba Irene Lemus
    Grandma
  • L‌C
    Li Cheng
    Director
  • L‌C
    Li Cheng
    Producer
  • G‌F
    George F. Roberson
    Producer

About

José

Drama

José (magnetic newcomer Enrique Salanic) lives with his mother (Ana Cecilia Mota) in Guatemala City, where they survive on her selling sandwiches at bus stops and with him working at a local restaurant. It is a poor and sometimes dangerous country where, dominated by conservative Catholic and Evangelical Christian religion, living one's life as an openly gay man is hard for José to imagine. His mother has never had a husband, and as her youngest and favorite child, though at the edge of manhood at 19-years old, she is determined to hold on to him. Reserved and private, José fills his free moments playing with his phone and random sex with other men arranged on street corners and dating apps. When he meets attractive and gentle Luis (Manolo Herrera), a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than José has ever felt. He is thrust into new passion and pain, and self-reflection, that push him to rethink his life even as he is reluctant to take a leap of faith.

86%

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Studio
Strand Releasing
Released
2020
Run Time
1 hr 25 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
Guatemala
© 2018 YQStudios LLC

Languages

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Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain)
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Spanish (Latin America) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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