The Other Side, May 06, 2000 | 16th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

16th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

With C.A. Griffith in person.

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Director

C.A. Griffith

Year

1999

Run Time

79

min

Country

USA, Mexico

Language

Spanish

PROGRAM Time

94

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

Alejandro and Beto are in love. Their relationship, however, is being seriously tested. Alejandro is HIV+ and becoming more desperate as he finds the drug treatments in Mexico City are not working as he had hoped, and his t-cells continue to plummet. After much anguish, he decides, without input from Beto, that he needs to go to the U.S. for better information, medication and treatment. That decision unleashes havoc for Alejandro as he and Beto fight, slip up and finally reconcile. At the U.S. embassy, Alejandro is denied a visa, which ultimately leads him to try crossing the border illegally.

This film is presented in Spanish with English subtitles.

A visually stunning tale of love and trust, The Other Side portrays a gay couple in Mexico living their lives as fully and honestly as they are able. Alejandro has a loving family and a devoted partner, Beto. Within this genuinely idyllic environment Alejandro faces the challenge of living with AIDS in a country where medical options are limited. As the couple is forced to make irrevocable decisions, their love for each other and passion for life illuminate their joy in fully experiencing the present.

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Pensão Globo

CONTENT WARNING:

Matthias Muller

15 min

English

Germany

Pensao Globo by Matthias Muller (Germany/Portugal, 1997, 15 min.), the lyrical study of a man with AIDS who travels alone to a Brazilian pension.

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