Sofía, a recently graduated Bachelor of Arts, returns to Peru and begins the search for a mysterious painting with the image of an angel. Her intuition takes her to Machu Picchu where she meets Matías, an enigmatic western doctor who has adopted shamanic techniques and the use of hallucinogenic herbs such as ayahuasca to cure drug addicts in a rehabilitation center. A magic and strange attraction surrounds them, however they must preserve their love by protecting it from the memory of Amaru, Matías ex-wife, and Sofia's unusual experiences.
The film's Incluvie rating is off the charts. It features Black, Muslim, queer, trans humans whose moms hold them up, fight for them, and love them for who they are...making anything possible.
The nations of Wakanda and Talokan enter war over their opposing viewpoints on dealing with the destructive hearts of humankind on the surface world.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
By depicting 4 different stories, Director Sergio Tovar Velarde keeps the focus on the shared humanity and search for love (both self and romantic) of various gay Mexican men.
Striving for validation. Let’s be frank….we ALL want to be successful. Whatever we put our efforts into, ideally it is to make it culminate in the best possible results across the board, especially when it comes to what career path we are pursuing. We WANT to excel, to shine, to advance, to be acknowledged. AND…let’s hope that we also wish to better everyone around us to boot. However, what occurs when those whom we initially put our trust in suddenly become a burden instead of a boon? Do we falter under the weight of rejection? Or STAND UP for WHO WE ARE?
