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1984, the Chilean desert. Twelve-year-old Lidia is growing up in a loving queer family, pushed
to the margins of their town as a mysterious illness spreads through the region, already claiming
the lives of several boys. Rumor has it the sickness is contracted when two men in love look into
each other’s eyes. Confronted with prejudice and rising violence, Lidia sets out on a path of
revenge. Winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard competition, this film blends magical realism
with the western genre, offering an unpreachy story about 1980s Chile amid the AIDS crisis, and
about a love powerful enough to both heal and destroy.
Diego Céspedes
Diego Céspedes is a Chilean filmmaker who studied film and television at the University of
Chile. His first short film, The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018), won awards at the Cannes
Film Festival and San Sebastián, and was also screened at Sundance, Palm Springs, and
elsewhere. His second short, The Mysterious Figures Who Melt (2022), premiered at Cannes
Critics’ Week and was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival. His latest film, The
Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, won the Best Film Award in the Un Certain Regard section at
Cannes.
1984, the Chilean desert. Twelve-year-old Lidia is growing up in a loving queer family, pushed
to the margins of their town as a mysterious illness spreads through the region, already claiming
the lives of several boys. Rumor has it the sickness is contracted when two men in love look into
each other’s eyes. Confronted with prejudice and rising violence, Lidia sets out on a path of
revenge. Winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard competition, this film blends magical realism
with the western genre, offering an unpreachy story about 1980s Chile amid the AIDS crisis, and
about a love powerful enough to both heal and destroy.
Diego Céspedes
Diego Céspedes is a Chilean filmmaker who studied film and television at the University of
Chile. His first short film, The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018), won awards at the Cannes
Film Festival and San Sebastián, and was also screened at Sundance, Palm Springs, and
elsewhere. His second short, The Mysterious Figures Who Melt (2022), premiered at Cannes
Critics’ Week and was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival. His latest film, The
Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, won the Best Film Award in the Un Certain Regard section at
Cannes.
to the margins of their town as a mysterious illness spreads through the region, already claiming
the lives of several boys. Rumor has it the sickness is contracted when two men in love look into
each other’s eyes. Confronted with prejudice and rising violence, Lidia sets out on a path of
revenge. Winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard competition, this film blends magical realism
with the western genre, offering an unpreachy story about 1980s Chile amid the AIDS crisis, and
about a love powerful enough to both heal and destroy.
Diego Céspedes
Diego Céspedes is a Chilean filmmaker who studied film and television at the University of
Chile. His first short film, The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018), won awards at the Cannes
Film Festival and San Sebastián, and was also screened at Sundance, Palm Springs, and
elsewhere. His second short, The Mysterious Figures Who Melt (2022), premiered at Cannes
Critics’ Week and was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival. His latest film, The
Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, won the Best Film Award in the Un Certain Regard section at
Cannes.