Todos tenemos un muerto en el placard o un hijo en el clóset

It's one of those films suffering 'message before substance' symptom, which many young directors share. I get it, director wanted it to be a more up-to-date family drama, where still the acceptance of truth and love eventually prevail... But as a whole, the delivery is weak and the happy-ending was in a hurry.

I like that each and every family member has distinctive character and story. But having spent so much time for various troubles in the family to finally surface, there was no real development and resolve. We are suddenly presented with all happy and smiling ending, but I had to ask if any of them actually learned anything and grew up in any way. Would Manuel be really happy back in the small hometown and with slightly overbearing family? Would his parents finally not mind letting other family and neighbours know their son is gay? Would Manuel's brother, who was more or less forced into the marriage by the situation, be really happy?

PS. Actor who played Manuel is cute, but it clearly shows that he never in his life cut vegetables or used a whisk. Cooking is supposed to be the character's real passion, and anybody on the set with a slightest idea of how to cook could have given him a 5 min lesson as how to use a knife and a whisk. Such small details determines whether a film feels real or fake.

Such a cute movie, one of the best ones I have been in a long time. The only down side is a bit slow but I feel that it was needed to give depth to the characters development. Recommended.

Todos tenemos un muerto en el placard o un hijo en el closet (2020) is an Argentinian film shown in the U.S. with the title A Skeleton in the Closet. Literally, the title is translated as We All Have a Skeleton in the Closet or a Son in the Closet. The movie was written and directed by Nicolás Teté.

Coming out of he closet is never easy, but the gay son has already come out to his parents. They weren't happy, but they still love him. The son arrives home, only to learn that his partner has dumped him.

The plot of the movie is what happens after this unpleasant event. It's not easy being gay in a macho family where your brother is a star tennis player and you're not. How the protagonist deals with the situation makes for an interesting movie. The acting and production values are solid.

We saw this film at Rochester's fabulous ImageOut LGBTQ Film Festival. It doesn't have an IMDb rating yet. I rated it 9.

The cinematography is very static, you won't see many cuts or different camera angles, which could be an artistic choice or a budget constaint, but it's not necessatily a bad thing. Speaking of budget constaints, a lot of action is shown off-screen. For example there will be a party but you never see the non-main cast guests, it can be a bit bothersome sometimes, as the movie is not really a "shut off from the outside world" type of movie. There is also a funny sequence at the beginning, where the characters are going out for a jog, and it's obvious that every shot is recorded at the same block.

Sometimes a character will be friendly, just to turn confrontational in the next scene, without indication that the friendliness was fake. This is not necessarily the actors' fault, it's also a script problem. This is also apparent when characters will make a fuss about insignificant things, and you're supposed to take it seriously. Another sign of a posible script problem is when at the end the main character shows some traits that make him seem like an asshole, which I'm not sure if they were intentional.

So far I've been kinds negative, but even with it's faults the movie is enjoyable, you can relate with the characters and situations as they are common to many families, like going back to your hometown, talking about sex to your sibling, having a judgemental grandma, having a dissappointed parent, or having a one sided relationship. The movie does have heart in it.

This is a beautiful he told story that only the Spanish or French can do! BIEN HECHO!