Duino

Hunky Argentinian actor Juan Pablo Di Pace (MQFF 2023 highlight The Mattachine Family plus the so-camp-it’s-practically-gay movie musical Mamma Mia!) stars in this deeply affecting, semi-autobiographical film that also marks his directorial feature debut, alongside co-writer/director Andrés Pepe Estrada. Di Pace plays Matías, a filmmaker yearning for the unrequited love of Alexander (Oscar Morgan), the blazingly beautiful teen he fell head over heels for many years ago while studying at an international school on Italy’s luscious Adriatic Coast. Hoping to recapture Alexander’s spirit in his movies, Matías’ sunlit memories take us back to the past, with remarkable newcomer Santiago Madrussan memorably depicting him as a younger man. Can the secrets of the past unlock love in this dreamy dalliance that won a bunch of awards at Turin’s queer-focused Lovers Film Festival?