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• Berlin EFM 2018 (Line up)

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Gustavo LETELIER
Writer(s) : Gustavo LETELIER
Cast : Giordano ROSSI, Lorene PRIETO, Carlos ARAYA

Producer(s) : Gustavo LETELIER (Amerindia Films), John STRAWN (Common Era Motion Pictures), Ana belén ASFURA (Suimanga Films), Boris VARELA (Factoría Audiovisual)

ESPEJISMO is a psychological drama about Francisco, a young man who lost his track in life after being sexually abused inside his family. Away from home, he gets a job at a healing center, where sees people who suffered as much as him and cope with their traumas. Francisco nds the courage then to deeply look at his past, to go to deal with his family and recover the meaning of his life.
Francisco is a happy child living in paradise in a Southern town in Chile while his father Sebastián is still alive. But this happiness ends abruptly when Sebastián dies in his early thirties and Francisco is only 4 years old. Feeling helpless as a woman alone, Cecilia soon marries Bruno, a doctor 10 years older. One year later Francisco’s half brother – Emilio – is born and Cecilia dedicates all her time to the new baby. Bruno is protective and caring with his stepson Francisco, gaining his trust and love. Cecilia feels relieved.
But when Francisco is 10 years old, he dares to talk to Bruno about his attraction for a boy of his same age, a schoolmate. Bruno sees an opportunity to let come out his own repressed and self-denied sexuality. He begins to caress Francisco with increasing eroticism. Bruno convinces the kid that their affection is unique and must be kept secret. Cecilia simply ignores what’s going on. And when Francisco reaches puberty his relationship with Bruno becomes completely sexual. From this moment on, the teenager believes that Bruno really loves him. As time goes by Francisco develops also a close friendship with his stepbrother Emilio but the distance with Cecilia grows. His secret relationship with Bruno continues.