Watch the trailer for ‘The Strong Ones’
A new award-winning gay movie from Chile follows two men in search of freedom.
The Strong Ones (Los Fuertes) is about a young architect visiting a coastal Chilean town before an educational trip abroad who becomes involved with the handsome crewmate of a fishing boat. This beautifully written film has won numerous awards and accolades, including: Best feature Film at Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival 2020 and OUTshine Film Festival South Florida; and Best International Film at Out on Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival 2020 — and other awards for Best Actor and Best Director.
The Strong Ones is a story of love and courage, at the end of the world, between two young men in search of freedom. Set against the dramatic beauty of southern Chile, Lucas travels to a remote town to visit his sister. There he meets Antonio who works on a local fishing boat. An intense romance grows between them despite their contrasting world views. Writer-Director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo wanted to make a film in which the characters were not affected by any hostility around them, where they fight for their place in the world, for the dignity they define for themselves.
“The Strong Ones is a film about two young men seeking their place in the world, celebrating without reservation the love that they live,” says writer-director-producer Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo. “It is also a political gesture that speaks of their freedom, autonomy, and resilience, in which they break the waves that come against them. I wanted to explore the fragility of the masculine, the dignity of the trades, and southern Chile’s culture, that I know in-depth.
“I wanted to tell a story of love between two men who know what they want and that they are also different from each other, with different life experiences and ways of seeing things. I wanted to tell this story without the presence of guilt, trauma, or discovery; in a way, I haven’t seen enough. With this movie, I want to say that we are here, that we deserve a space in the places where we live, and that we will not let ourselves be carried away searching for our independence.”
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