4 Moons (2014)
1h 50m | PG-13
Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.
Director: Sergio Tovar Velarde
Studio: Projet Kinomada
Genre: Drama, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast
Antonio Velázquez
as Hugo
Alejandro de la Madrid
as Andrés
Cesar Ramos
as Fito
Gustavo Egelhaaf
as Leo
Alonso Echánove
as Joaquín
Alejandro Belmonte
as Gilberto
Reviews
This is an extended episode of a Mexican soap opera, except boring, and the principal characters are gay. A handful of moments--notably the last five minutes--have the impact they were intended to have but overall this is ineffectual.