You'll Never Be Alone | |
Director: | Álex Anwandter |
Producer: | Isabel Orellana Guarello |
Starring: | Sergio Hernández Antonia Zegers |
Cinematography: | Matías Illanes |
Editing: | Felipe Gálvez Haberle |
Music: | Alex Anwandter |
Studio: | 5AM Producciones Araucaria Cine |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | Chile |
Language: | Spanish |
You'll Never Be Alone (Spanish; Castilian: '''Nunca vas a estar solo''') is a 2016 Chilean drama film written and directed by Álex Anwandter. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The film won a Jury Award from the Teddy Awards for LGBT-related feature films.[2]
The film centres on Juan (Sergio Hernández), a shy factory worker struggling to pay the medical bills after his gay son is hospitalized in a gaybashing incident.
After his teenage gay son is violently attacked, Juan (Sergio Hernández), a withdrawn manager at a mannequin factory, is faced with a difficult choice between paying for the exorbitant medical costs of his son Pablo (Andrew Bargsted) and making a final attempt to become a partner with his boss. As Juan struggles to navigate through dead ends and unexpected betrayals, he discovers that the world he thought he knew is also ready to be violent with him. Although Juan has made many mistakes, he still has a chance to save his son.