Tremors

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Tremors

2019

1h 47m

Drama

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90%

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20 Reviews

88%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

An evangelical father's coming out destroys his family.

Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

12/05/2019

[A] penetrating, mournful portrait of sexual identity in contemporary Guatemala City.

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Devika Girish

New York Times

11/28/2019

The film's "temblores" - Spanish for "tremors" - are emblematic of the script's preference for allusion over depth.

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Carlos Aguilar

TheWrap

03/13/2019

A prodigiously gut-wrenching demand for change; the film isn't kindly asking for tolerance but bluntly exposing the torment inflicted in the name of a prejudiced God.

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Vladan Petkovic

Cineuropa

12/09/2020

A convincing, touching and, at certain points, infuriating depiction of what it means to be a gay man in a society dominated by a very traditional version of the Christian religion.

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Yago García

Cinemanía (Spain)

08/31/2020

4/5

A portrait of an suffocating situation or, better yet... a warning. [Full review in Spanish]

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Marshall Shaffer

Crooked Marquee

11/25/2019

B+

The righteous indignation and bafflement of Bustamante in Temblores lands with a strong impact due in large part to the soulful, tortured performance by Olyslager.

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Synopsis

An evangelical father's coming out destroys his family.

Director: Jayro Bustamante
Producer: Gérard Lacroix, Nicolas Steil, Edgard Tenembaum
Screenwriter: Jayro Bustamante
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Memento Films Production, Iris Productions, Tu Vas Voir Productions, arte France Cinéma
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 29, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.9K
Runtime: 1h 47m