Bramadero

A honest short film, more an essay , about taboo subjects. Seductive, provocative, chain of fantaisies - not only erotic- , true in profound sense, bitter, salted, gentle and cruel. It can be interpretated by the measure of viewer. By viewer in his way, from porno movie to poem in image. The fundamental themes , from love, sex and death are used in this case, not bad and , in few moments courageous because the graphic sex is always seed of controversies.

Julian Hernandez, a Mexican film maker, allows us to peek inside an intimate moment between two strangers at a construction high-rise somewhere in Mexico. The interaction between two exotically handsome men in their twenties is filmed to capture the essence of sexuality as they apprehensively explore their sexual prowess for one another. Unlike mainstream films where sexual displays of intimacy are often sanitized, censored or left to the imagination, Hernandez is bold and allows the audience to visually experience the two men's guarded lust for each other without being apologetic. Hernandez maintains the sensual and erotic exchange between the two actors by arcing around his subjects and capturing sensitively the intense moments of their sexual exploration.

Aside from the attempt at including violence in this film which fell short of realism, the film's message of sexual intrigue, remorse and self hatred was captured effectively. This type of film is difficult to make without making it look like bad pornography, but Hernandez achieved this by keeping it simple, real and believable. A film that is graphically honest and shouldn't be missed.

Hot guys and full frontal nudity always wins with me and you could almost expect them to break in to interpretive dance at any moment, it has that sort of vibe to it.

It would have been nice to see it as a fuller film with more of a storyline though, especially as the ending makes no sense at all without some sort of context.

It's basically porn without the cum shots.

A nasty pornographic film that ends in murder. Yes, the action might be horny even though we don't see any slof tlif, as Leonard Cohen put it. However, the action is hot but ruined by the horrendous ending.

I don't know what else to say about this without getting into spoiler territory. I would advise people not to bother.