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7.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

José

Outsider Pictures | Release Date: January 31, 2020

Summary: José (Enrique Salanic) lives with his mother (Ana Cecilia Mota) in Guatemala City, where they survive on her selling sandwiches at bus stops and with him working at a local restaurant. It is a poor and sometimes dangerous country where, dominated by conservative Catholic and Evangelical Christian religion, living one’s life as an openly gay man is hard for José to imagine. His mother has never had a husband, and as her youngest and favorite child, though at the edge of manhood at 19-years old, she is determined to hold on to him. Reserved and private, José fills his free moments playing with his phone and random sex with other men arranged on street corners and dating apps. When he meets attractive and gentle Luis (Manolo Herrera), a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than José has ever felt. He is thrust into new passion and pain, and self-reflection, that push him to rethink his life even as he is reluctant to take a leap of faith.

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Runtime:	85 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	http://www.outsiderpictures.us/movie/jose/
Production:	YQstudio LLC
Genres:	Drama
Countries:	US, GT
Language:	Spanish

Director	Credit
Li Cheng	Director

Writer	Credit
George F. Roberson	Writer
Li Cheng	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Alba Irene Lemus	Grandma
Ana Cecilia Mota	Mom
Carlos Humberto Fuentes Maldonado	Dancing Teacher
Cesar Lorenzo Yojcom Candido	Manager
Enrique Salanic	Jose
Esteban Lopez Ramirez	Carlos
Jennifer Cecilia Amoia Mota	Sister
Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez	Monica
Juan Andres Molina Cardona	Juan
Manolo Herrera	Luis

Cast	Credit
Evelyn Celinda Bautista Torres	Luis's Mom
Jashua Belvino Argueta Mejia	Paolo
Mytian Ticas	Unattractive Guy
Rony Andres Saavedra	Bus Boy
Valeria Maribel Xutuc Reyes	Emma

Producer	Credit
George F. Roberson	Producer
Li Cheng	Producer