![]() ![]() German Jaramillo appears to be the alter ego for the writer, Fernando Vallejo, whose story seems to resemble that of the Fernando in the novel and in the film. While one side of him cries for that old place he knew as a child, he welcomes this new metropolis full of danger and people that attracts and repulses him at the same time. ![]() Fernando's comments on the situation in his city, as well as in the Colombian reality, are the basic themes of the film. ![]() Little prepares Fernando to realize who Wilmar is really. When Alexis is killed, Fernando mourns his death until Wilmar, another young gay man appears in his orbit. Fernando can't believe what his city has become, but he has no desire to go away again. Alexis is a marked man and it's only a matter of time his days are numbered because there are other youths behind him that will do whatever in their power to eliminate him. This is a boy that is savvy in the ways of how to survive in the city, who clearly takes an interest in the older, and richer Fernando. Alexis turns out to be something the older man didn't expect. Alexis, the young man, is seen at first at the all-male brothel where he is offered by the pimp to Fernando. Fernando, the older gay man who comes back to his native city of Medellin, quickly finds a boy to satisfy his needs. Barbet Schroeder, the German director, expands on Fernando Vallejo's novel, which the author adapted for the screen, resulting in a highly violent and bloody film that is disturbing, as well as true. There is no reverence for life in a place that has seen violence on a daily basis and where children have access to guns for protection in order to survive in that environment. At the time of the action, Pablo Escobar's empire has been dismantled and his loyal soldiers are scattered all around the city engaging in a game of death, revenge and petty vendettas. Medellin is a dangerous city in more ways than one is lead to believe. ![]()
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