Tremors (2019 film) explained

Tremors
Native Name:
Director:Jayro Bustamante
Producer:Jayro Bustamante
Gérard Lacroix
Marina Peralta
Pilar Peredo
Georges Renand
Edgard Tenembaum
Starring:Juan Pablo Olyslager
Diane Bathen
Mauricio Armas Zebadúa
Music:Pascual Reyes
Cinematography:Luis Armando Arteaga
Editing:Cesar Diaz
Santiago Otheguy
Studio:Tu Vas Voir Productions
La Casa de Production
Runtime:107 minutes
Country:Guatemala
France
Language:Spanish

Tremors (Spanish; Castilian: Temblores) is a 2019 Guatemalan-French drama film written and directed by Jayro Bustamante.[1] It stars Juan Pablo Olyslager as Pablo, a religious man in conversion therapy who is coping with the aftermath of having come out as gay after having spent many years married to a woman and fathering children.[2]

The film premiered in the Panorama program at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2019 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Sebastiane Latino Award for best Latin American LGBTQ-themed film.[4]

Background actors: Gerson Estrada (Cassandra) and Carmelita Guerra.

Notes and References

  1. Devika Girish, "‘Temblores’ Review: Torn Between His Faith and His Sexuality". The New York Times, November 28, 2019.
  2. Ryan Lattanzio, "‘Temblores’ Trailer: Jayro Bustamante Returns With Drama Centered on Gay Man Caught Between Faith and Family". IndieWire, October 20, 2019.
  3. Neil Young, "'Tremors' ('Temblores'): Film Review | Berlinale 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, February 8, 2019.
  4. https://cinemagavia.es/pelicula-temblores-estreno-cines/ "“Temblores”: Denuncia a las llamadas terapias de curación gay"