José (film)

José is a Guatemalan feature-film social-drama by Li Cheng. It was first shown at the 75th Venice Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section on 6 September 2018.[2] It is the first Guatemala and Central America film ever presented in Venice Film Festival.[3]

José
Directed byLi Cheng
Produced by
  • George F Roberson
  • Li Cheng
Written by
  • Li Cheng
  • George F Roberson
Starring
  • Enrique Salanic
  • Manolo Herrera
  • Ana Cecilia Mota
Music byYao Chen
CinematographyPaolo Giron
Edited byLenz Claure
Production
companies
YQstudio
Release date
  • 6 September 2018 (2018-09-06) (Venice film festival)
Running time
85 minutes
Country
  • Guatemala
  • USA
LanguageSpanish
Box office$26,563 [1]

José was awarded the Queer Lion on 7 September 2018.[4]

Cast
  • Enrique Salanic as José
  • Manolo Herrera as Luis
  • Ana Cecelia Mota as Mom
  • Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez as Monica
  • Esteban Lopez Ramirez as Carlos
  • Juan Andres Molina Cardona as Juan

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter reviewer wrote of "a tender observational quality backed by confident visual sense" and the "unabashed treatment of gay sex and nudity",[5] while Rich Cline called it "earthy and honest".[6]

References
  1. "José (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. "Venice days lineup". Variety. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. David Lepe (26 August 2018). "Película guatemalteca competirá en el festival de cine de Venecia". Publinews (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "12. Queer Lion Award to "José" by Li Cheng | Queer Lion". Queer Lion. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. David Ronney. "'Jose': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. Rich Cline. "José". Shadows on the wall. Retrieved 6 September 2018.


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