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The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

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In the early 80's, in the Chilean desert, eleven-year-old Lidia grows up in a loving queer family pushed on the edge of an unwelcoming dusty mining town. They are blamed for a mysterious illness that's starting to spread -- said to be passed through a single gaze, when one man falls in love with another. In this modern western, Lidia leads a quest for vengeance, facing violence, fear and hatred, where family is her only refuge and love might be the real danger.

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Critics Consensus

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo uses rich magical realism and vividly realized characters to poetically explore queer resistance, found family, and the power of empathy over fear.

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Payton McCarty-Simas Autostraddle Dec 17
There are no purely happy endings here — the story hinges on mass queer tragedy, after all — but this melding of trans self-fabulation makes for a surprisingly optimistic watch. Go to Full Review Clint Worthington RogerEbert.com Dec 10
3/4
It’s an assured tale of queer resistance, blended with the supernatural rhythms of the folktale, and it feels suitably transgressive for its gender-nonconforming characters. Go to Full Review Siddhant Adlakha Variety Jul 8
Set during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic, Diego Céspedes’ gentle, funny, passionate, and occasionally absurdist debut drama packs an enormous emotional punch. Go to Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies 2d
2.5/5
An anemic blend of turbulent coming-of-age drama, social critique, and revenge tale. Go to Full Review Aarón Rodríguez Serrano El antepenúltimo mohicano 6d
3/5
The formal part is, by far, the most powerful of the proposal: there we have the photography of Angello Faccini, with its exuberant blue skies and its fascinating ability to treat the material nature of the landscape. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Alfred Castaneda Shade Studios Jan 20
Gaze is a sweet, kind-hearted film whose strength is the believability of its colorful characters. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Joseph DEE CORLEONE Dec 14 Diego Cespedes' debut is passionate, funny, gentle and a bit transgressive. Very well done beautiful cinematography with Wonderful Characters. See more Read all reviews
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Diego Céspedes

Director

Tamara Cortés

Actor

Matías Catalán

Actor

Paula Dinamarca

Actor

Claudia Cabezas

Actor

Luis Dubó

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Synopsis In the early 80's, in the Chilean desert, eleven-year-old Lidia grows up in a loving queer family pushed on the edge of an unwelcoming dusty mining town. They are blamed for a mysterious illness that's starting to spread -- said to be passed through a single gaze, when one man falls in love with another. In this modern western, Lidia leads a quest for vengeance, facing violence, fear and hatred, where family is her only refuge and love might be the real danger.
Director
Diego Céspedes
Producer
Giancarlo Nasi, Justin Pechberty
Screenwriter
Diego Céspedes
Distributor
Altered Innocence
Production Co
Don Quijote Films, Les Valseurs, Weydemann Bros. Film, Irusoin, Wrong Men
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+, Romance
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 44m
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