In the midst of the political turbulence of the Pinochet dictatorship in the Chile of the 1980s, a poor old transvestite becomes involved in a risky clandestine operation after falling in love with a guerrilla who asks her to hide dangerous secrets from the resistance in her house.
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Title: TENGO MIEDO TORERO (My Tender Matador)
Year: 2020
Country: Mexico – Chile – Argentina
Director: Rodrigo Sepúlveda Urzúa
Running time: 93 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Screenplay: Rodrigo Sepúlveda Urzúa, Juan Elías Tovar (Based on the novel by Pedro Lemebel)
Production companies: Caponeto Cine (MX), Forastero (CL), Tornado (AR), Zapik (CL)
Producers: Gregorio González, Alejandro Israel, Ezequiel Borovinsky, Diego Martínez-Ulanosky, Florencia Larrea
Cast: Alfredo Castro, Leonardo Ortizgris, Julieta Zylberberg, Sergio Hernández, Amparo Noguera, Ezequiel Díaz, Paulina Urrutia, Luis Gnecco
Festivals: Venice International Film Festival 2020 (Giornate degli Autore – Venice Days), Guadalajara International Film Festival 2020 (Mezcal Award – Best Actor, Maguey Award – Best Performance), Thessaloniki Film Festival 2020 (Audience Award – Open Horizons), PRIX CINÉ+ (Audience Award)
Distribuitor: Amazon Prime Video (Latin America)