Camilo, an adolescent rower on a Xochimilco jetty, has his first sexual encounter with another man. One day he thinks he is being discovered by Beto, a colleague from work. When confronted, Camilo accidentally ends up revealing his homosexuality. Not knowing what to do, Camilo reacts violently and decides to flee Xochimilco.
Agua (2020)
Directors: Santiago Zermeño
Writers: Santiago Zermeño
County: Mexico
Gernre: Short movie
Duration: 14 min
Year: 2020
Stars: Daniel Bolanos, Zezé Ramos, Yoshira Escárrega
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As Camilo, a traditional rower in Xochimilco, explores his sexuality he fears being outed and decides to run away.
Director: Santiago Zermeño
User review -Imdb
Homophobia in Full Force
14 September 2020
I do not often watch short films of Gay/Queer interest but if some of them are as good as this I will rectify that. I saw it in a batch of films dealing with homosexual/male bonding situations, and among a couple of others this most impressed me. Set in Mexico it shows the working life of a young man who realises that he is attracted to men. What follows is yet again a lesson in realising we are not all privileged enough to live in places like London, Paris, and other supposed centres of ‘ freedom ‘. Homophobia exists and is hard to bear in many countries, and in the final scenes of this well directed and acted film we see the full force of it. The loneliness and the noise of the last image will haunt me for quite a while. It reminded me of the Russian film ( made outside of Russia for obvious homophobic reasons ) called ‘ Stand ‘. Excellent.
