Subtitle:
English Starring:
Carlos
Echevarría, Javier De Pietro and Antonella
Costa
Martin, a young Argentine student, is exploring the
reactions of his sports coach, Sebastian, while vying
for his love and affection. He has an opportunity - one
night to push the envelope and be as close as ever to
reaching what he so desperately wants. With his teacher
keeping him off at a distance, but at the same time
being so kind and nurturing, Martin continues to inch
further and further towards crossing the line. But, with
all the twists and turns of love, life, and personas,
Martin finds himself on the wrong side of the line, and
Sebastian finds himself with more regret than Martin
could have ever imagined.
I have never ever seen such a long scene of sexual
tension built up as it was shown in this movie. And at
the same time, I have never been in a theatre with such
pin drop silence because there are no scenes that evoke
laughter. You are just waiting and watching as to whats
going to happen next. I dunno if it is right to call
this film as a thriller but there is a different thrill
that you feel while watching the movie. I thoroughly
enjoyed it.
16 year old Martin finds his swimming instructor
Sebastian very attractive. One day he fakes of an eye
injury in the class, and Sebastian take him to the
hospital. Martin has already planned in his mind a web
of lies for why he cannot go back home and finally
succeeds in getting an invitation from Sebastian to
sleep at his house. But thing are not simple as they
seem. The night seems pretty long where neither of them
is able to sleep really well. Sebastian next day finds
out that Martin''s parents were looking for him all
night. He also finds a note in his car from Martin
apologizing for telling him the lies. When Sebastian
confronts him, he very openly tells him that he was
hoping something will happen between them that night.
This infuriates Sebastian and he hits him. Things are
not same. Now Sebastian is having weird feelings and he
cannot even concentrate on his girlfriend. He keeps
thinking of Martin. Martin meanwhile stops coming to
swimming class and is spending more time with his
friends. In an unfortunate accident Martin dies and this
is when Sebastian has to deal with his emotions. He
recalls how maybe on some occasions he might have
possibly given the boy some hints and starts questioning
his own feelings for the boy. Guilt struck, he is now
hoping that somehow Martin will forgive him for what he
did.
You have to really watch the film to closely absorb the
beauty. The entire night sequence where Martin stays at
Sebastian''s house and events unfold is simply superb.
There is so much sexual tension on the screen that as a
viewer it was a completely new experience for me trying
to anticipate what can happen next. Another beauty of
the film is that there is no heightened drama or
dialogues or anything. None of the scenes have been
filmed with melodrama, however drastic they are. The
subtlety of these scene make a much more stronger
impact. The end is so beautiful when Sebastian follows
the image of Martin in his head in the swimming club
just hoping to be forgiven. Excellent acting and a
fantastic direction. It is an incredible sexy drama of
repressed passion, guilt and regret. The slow build of
the characters is fabulous with the relationships
unfolding, refolding and unfolding back again.
