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Synopsis
Nino, a gay teen from a deeply religious family, is the continual target of homophobic attacks by the neighborhood boys. His parents decide to temporarily move the family to a pious village in the countryside, where the legend of the Almamula — a monster that haunts the forest waiting to take those who commit impure acts — frightens the community’s youth into hushed submission. Amidst the summer heat, Nino’s desires and impulses are unignorable, and he finds himself seeking out temptation and sin. To escape from a reality rife with repression and hypocrisy, Nino willingly succumbs to the mysteries of the forest.
A rich and seductive fable, Carnal Sins is a darkly stunning first feature from Juan Sebastián Torales that blurs the borders of fantasy and reality, religion and myth.
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Film Credits
- Lorena Quevedo, Edgard Tenembaum
- Juan Sebastián Torales
- Juan Sebastián Torales
- Ezequiel Salinas
- Nicolás Díaz, Martina Grimaldi, María Soldi, Cali Coronel, and Adrián Ramallo
- Matteo Locasciulli
- Bendita Films
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11488252/