End of the Century (film)

End of the Century (Spanish: Fin de siglo) is an Argentine romantic drama film, directed by Lucio Castro and released in 2019.[1] The film stars Juan Barberini as Ocho, a man from Argentina on vacation in Barcelona, who hooks up for a casual sexual encounter with Javi, played by Ramon Pujol. The men soon realize that they have met before, 20 years earlier in 1999, when they were both in the closet about their sexuality and too afraid to pursue a relationship with each other.[2] The film also stars Mía Maestro as Sonia, Javi's girlfriend at the time of the original meeting.

End of the Century
Film poster
Fin de siglo
Directed byLucio Castro
Produced byJoanne Lee
Written byLucio Castro
StarringJuan Barberini
Ramon Pujol
Mía Maestro
Music byRobert Lombardo
CinematographyBernat Mestres
Edited byLucio Castro
Production
company
Alsina 427
JWProductions
Release date
  • March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30) (New Directors / New Films Festival)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The film had its theatrical premiere at the New Directors/New Films Festival on March 30, 2019.[3] It subsequently had its Argentine premiere on April 8 at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, where it won the award for Best Argentine Film.[4] It subsequently screened at other LGBT and general interest film festivals, and won the award for Best First Feature at the Frameline Film Festival.[5]

References
  1. Glenn Kenny, "‘End of the Century’ Review: A Vacation Veers Into Existential States". The New York Times, August 15, 2019.
  2. Keith Uhlich, "'End of the Century': Film Review | New Directors/New Films 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, March 30, 2019.
  3. Jude Dry, "‘End of the Century’ Trailer: Swooning Gay Romance Is the Argentine Answer to ‘Weekend’". IndieWire, July 17, 2019.
  4. "BAFICI 2019: “The Unicorn” y “Fin de siglo” fueron las grandes ganadoras". Otros Cines, April 13, 2019.
  5. John Seal, "Big Screen Berkeley: ‘End of the Century’ and ‘Britt-Marie Was Here’". Berkeleyside, September 26, 2019.


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