This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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A young man who heads to a tattooist for the first of a series of appointments to create a design on his stomach. The intimacy of having another man’s hands on him stirs things and he starts to fall for the tattooist, but does the other man realize what’s going on? It’s a neat little short that doesn’t add up to an awful lot, but certainly manages to create a sense of sexual tension.
El Primo [The Cousin]
When a guy visits his friend for summer, he finds himself getting attracted to his friend's cousin, whose bulge seems to be constantly on display, but tries to keep his feeling to himself. In terms of creating sexual tension, this is probably the strongest of the six and I could feel it in my bones. It intriguing when you are unsure how other person will react if you make a move. Something like this has happened with me so many times during my teen years.
El Otro [The Other One]
Two young friends are hanging out talking about their girlfriends whence of them mentions that his dick has grown so big that his girlfriend is afraid off having sex. The other guy thinks that its probably because he’s too quick and rough, and that’s what puts the women off. They end up in their underpants, showing one another how to be more tender in the sack. Then starts all sorts of foreplay with one of the guy showing moves in an almost nude state. The acting is a bit off but it still creates a sexual tension.
Los Bravos Loto [Broken Arms]
An injured man who’s being looked after by a nurse. During a changeover of carers, he spies on his new male nurse getting into his scrubs, and then has to be showered by him. The short plays on the intimacy of the moment, not necessarily creating any sexual tension. Weakest of these all.
Amor [In Love]
A man with his girlfriend is on a holiday. After chatting with the guy who runs the holiday place, a mix-up ends with one almost touching the other’s penis. Problems with the plumbing then result in the two guys showering together. As with some of the earlier shorts, the film deliberately withholds whether there really is sexual tension between the men.
Entrenamiento [Workout]
Routine workout scenes between two friends start this erotic short complete with touching and intimacy of that. Later on they end up taking sexy photos of one another to send to some women, which ends up escalating until one wants to take a shot of the other’s erection. The short wonderfully plays with the idea that maybe one guy is actually playing with the other to get closer to them sexually, but it takes one too any tricks.
Director Marco Berger again does a supremely well job of creating sexual tension between males, just like he always does in his full length feature films. The feeling of a current going through you ,with sexual anticipations and full of tease, this was a thrill watch but of a very sensual nature. (6/10)
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