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‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’s Diego Céspedes On Inspirations For AIDS-Era Modern Western – Contenders International

‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Chilean filmmaker Diego Céspedes’ first feature won the Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize in May and has played at a raft of festivals since. The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo revolves around 11-year-old Lidia (Tamara Cortés), who has been raised by a queer family in a remote Chilean mining town. It’s the 1980s, and AIDS has just been identified.

‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ director interview

‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ director interview

Credit: Deadline

Key Highlights

  • Lidia’s family, including Flamingo (Matías Catalán), a trans woman, is blamed for this mysterious illness, leading Lidia on a quest for vengeance and facing violence, fear and hatred.
  • Family is her only refuge and love might be the real danger.
  • The film is Chile‘s official submission for the International Feature Film Oscar race.
  • Related Stories News Oscars 2026 International Feature Film Submissions By Country – A List Of 91 Declared Submissions News Oscars: Academy Reveals List Of Eligible Documentary, Animation & International Features Céspedes, who is 30, told Deadline at Contenders Film: International that he chose to set the movie in the 1980s because his parents had a hair salon in the suburbs of Santiago, “and all of the men that worked there were gay.
  • And all of them died of AIDS.
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  1. ‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’s Diego Céspedes On Inspirations For AIDS-Era Modern Western – Contenders International

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