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Pornomelancholia

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Lalo is a sex-influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social networks. Lalo directs his own life, but in private, out of character, he seems to live in a permanent melancholy. Where does desire go when life turns into a sex show?

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Fernando Bernal Otroscines.com [Abramovich] also follows the actors during their breaks, casting a beautiful contemplative look toward them with his camera. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Dec 16, 2022 Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine ... Offers an honest and intelligent look on the discontent of having everything to have nothing. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Dec 15, 2022 Full Review Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) [Manuel Abramovich's] film is bold and rigorous, even with some poetic imprint encapsulated in its mostly somber tone. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Dec 15, 2022 Full Review Jonathan Holland Screen International This study of a guy trying to make it in the gay porn industry may be stating the obvious but it does so intriguingly, with sensitivity, wit and thoughtfulness. Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lorenz L Wow, this is just pathetic. The “star”, Lalo (is this a real person?), obviously has some serious problems with clinical depression. This is mentioned – very briefly – toward the end of the movie, but no therapy is suggested after his diagnosis; we cut to the next scene. He often bursts into tears out of nowhere, even once when having (simulated) sex. What you get is laughably-bad simulated sex (nothing that deserves the “18” rating it carries on European copies of the DVD) and a bad actor playing a bad actor in what is supposed to be the making of a porn movie but seems more a fantasia on the political history of Mexico, with far more painfully insipid dialogue than any extant porn film. Lalo is, quite simply, nothing special: not ugly, not handsome – nice eyes but cursed with a large nose. Totally ordinary body – indeed, a bit flabby. Nothing remotely sexual about him, nothing to brag about, let alone justify his participation in porn venues. An annoying amount of the movie is an iPhone screen, flipping through Lalo’s messages and videos, watching him compose messages, letter by letter. There is virtually no nudity (frontal, at least, except for a few quick flashes, but nothing sexual), which makes the porn scenes all the more ludicrous. Lalo is so void of feeling that during a photo session in which the photographer asks him to change his facial expressions, he is simply incapable of showing anything other than the one and only sad face he wears throughout this sorry mess. If this movie carries a message, it is that being popular on OnlyFans will not bring you happiness. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Lalo is a sex-influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social networks. Lalo directs his own life, but in private, out of character, he seems to live in a permanent melancholy. Where does desire go when life turns into a sex show?
Director
Manuel Abramovich
Producer
Gema Juarez Allen, Clarisa Oliveri
Screenwriter
Manuel Abramovich, Fernando Krapp
Production Co
Mart Films, Gema Films, Dublin Films, Desvia
Genre
Drama, Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 38m