When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.
$5,000,000
$40,266,982
March 19, 2004
El Deseo
22 people
Gael García Bernal
Ángel / Juan / Zahara
Acting
Fele Martínez
Enrique Goded
Acting
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Padre Manolo
Acting
Lluís Homar
Sr. Berenguer
Acting
Francisco Maestre
Padre José
Acting
Francisco Boira
Ignacio
Acting
Juan Fernández
Martín
Acting
Nacho Pérez
Young Ignacio
Acting
Raúl García Forneiro
Young Enrique
Acting
Javier Cámara
Paca / Paquito
Acting
Alberto Ferreiro
Enrique Serrano
Acting
Petra Martínez
Madre
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