Solo
- Director: Marcelo Briem Stamm
- Writer: Marcelo Briem Stamm
- Producer: Didier Costet; Derek Curl
CGiii Comment
Big on ambition...alas, with limited talent.
The camera-work is actually very good...but, the script is a disaster.
A chat-room hook-up becomes a relationship within 5 minutes...with baggage, no less.
The editing is as confusing as the timeline...jumping here, there and everywhere. The dark ambition of the film is sadly destroyed by the pedestrian dialogue and the weirdly rapid demise of the plot.
Still...there is a glimmer of film-making talent in there...somewhere.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A sexy, romantic and uncomfortably chilling tale of love and deception from first time director Marcelo Briem Stamm. Handsome middle class Manuel (Patrico Ramos), hurt by his previous relationship and bored being alone, meets Julio (Mario Veron), a rugged, lonely, unemployed young man in a chat room. The two eventually meet up in person and the sexual spark is quickly ignited. And while sex is satisfying and frequent, it is their collective problems with intimacy, trust and the fear of being hurt that make them hesitant to commit fully. As their relationship develops, both reveal secrets from their past but these revelations might be real, imagined or outright lies. Who is being truthful, who is real, and who truly loves the other? All is revealed in this romantic, passionate drama/thriller that offers a shocking, strangely satisfying conclusion.
Cast & Characters
Laura Agorreca as Vicky;
Carlos Echevarría as Horacio;
Patricio Ramos as Manuel;
Mario Verón as Julio;
Mike Zubi as Maxi