''A Year Without Love'' ( es, Un año sin amor) is a 2005

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drama film directed by

Anahí Berneri Anahí Berneri (born 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Her films have been shown at various film festivals around the world. Selected filmography Awards * Teddy Award (2005) * Silver Shell for Best Director (2017) Referen ...

, and written by Berneri and Pablo Pérez, adapting Pérez's autobiographical novel of the same title. The plot follows Pablo, a writer dealing with loneliness and

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

. Yearning for love, he places ads in a gay magazine and finds himself involved in the secretive world of

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gay leather scene. ''A Year Without Love'' played the international and gay and lesbian

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circuits, garnering a number of awards including the Teddy Bear prize for the Best Gay Film at the 2005

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Plot

Pablo is a struggling

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who is living with

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. Over the course of a year he deals with issues relating to his health, his family, his search for love and his developing involvement with

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. The year culminates with the publication of his diary in the form of a novel, ''Un Año sin amor.''

Cast

Juan Minujín Juan Gervasio Minujín (born May 20, 1975) is an Argentine actor and film director. He is the nephew of plastic artist Marta Minujín. Career He trained as an actor with Cristina Banegas, Julio Chávez, Alberto Ure, Pompeyo Audivert and Guil ...

as Pablo Pérez *

Mimí Ardú Mimí Ardú (born 28 February 1956, Río Cuarto, Cordoba) is an Argentinian actress and former vedette. Career At age 15, Ardú began receiving piano lessons from a piano teacher. That same year, she obtained her first job in the Entry In ...

as Pablo's aunt *

Carlos Echevarría Carlos Echevarría is a film and television actor, producer, and writer. He works in the cinema of Argentina.Carlos Echevarría ...

as Nicolás * as Julia * Javier Van de Couter as Martín *

Osmar Núñez Osmar Núñez (born 15 September 1957) is an Argentine film and theatre actor. Filmography * '' El Milagro secreto'' (1998) * '' Los Senderos'' (1999) * '' Con palos y piedras'' (2000) * '' Vivir Intentando'' (2003) * '' Informe nocturno'' (2004 ...

as Commissar Báez * Ricardo Merkin as Pablo's father * as the book editor *

Mónica Cabrera Mónica Cabrera (born 26 April 1958) is an Argentine director, playwright, and actress of film, television, and theater. Among other films, she has appeared in '' Son of the Bride'' (2001), '' Lost Embrace'' (2004), and ''El infinito sin estrella ...

as social worker * Ricardo Moriello as Juan * Juan Carlos Ricci as Dr. Rizzo

Awards

Wins

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

: Teddy Award, Best Feature Film; 2005. *

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: Grand Jury Award, Outstanding International Narrative Feature; 2005. * New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival: Best Foreign Narrative Feature; 2005.

Nominations

Mar del Plata Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

Prize, Anahi Berneri; Best film; 2005. *

Argentine Film Critics Association Awards The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ...

: Silver Condor Award; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best New Actor, Juan Minujín; Best Costume Design, Roberta Pesci; 2006.

References

External links

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