Sorry, can't talk, in a hurry as I am moving to Madrid right now.
Suddenly needing to emigrate is the only danger of the really satisfying Spanish movie Clandestinos, about three lads who escape from a juvenile detention center. The love triangle that develops is not among the teens (a Basque, a Mexican, and a Moroccan), but features Xabi caught between his unreachable lover, a Basque rebel in his 50s, and Germán, an undercover cop, also in his 50s. Touchingly, when Germán takes Xabi home after picking him up from a row of (unrealistically?) stunning hustlers at the mall, what he really wants to do is cook for him, though of course they do that other thing, too: sleep. Xabi's fellow escapees are straight and their girlfriends are awesome in the way that the smaller roles in Almodóvar are such standouts. (Think Lola Dueñas or Rossy de Palma.) Warning: the trailer below is a little lame and its ratio aspect is distorted. Also, there's frontal nudity, in case you're at work. Look for Clandestinos at your upcoming film festival.
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