Chilean film The Strong Ones / Los fuertes, the debut feature by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, will premiere on North American digital platforms and VOD on Tuesday, January 19 by the hand of distributor Breaking Glass Pictures. A favorite at numerous LGBTQ film festivals, the film was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best International Narrative Feature and the Audience Award at Outfest, Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival; the winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the OUTshine Film Festival South Florida; and the winner of the Best Director and Best Actor Awards plus the runner-up for Best International Film at Out on Film, Atlanta´s LGBTQ Film Festival.
Starring Samuel González and Antonio Altamirano, The Strong Ones is a story of love and courage, at the end of the world, between two young men in search of freedom. Set against the dramatic beauty of southern Chile, Lucas travels to a remote town to visit his sister. There he meets Antonio who works on a local fishing boat. An intense romance grows between them despite their contrasting world views. Writer-Director Zúñiga Hidalgo wanted to make a film in which the characters were not affected by any hostility around them, where they fight for their place in the world, for the dignity they define for themselves.
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