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. It stars Antonio Velázquez,

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, César Ramos, Gustavo Egelhaaf, Alonso Echánove, Alejandro Belmonte, Karina Gidi and Juan Manuel Bernal. It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the

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at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to ''

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''. Alonso Echánove was nominated for an

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for his role in ''Cuatro Lunas''.

Plot

Four interwoven and complex stories of love and acceptance (of self and others): a boy who has secretly been attracted to his male cousin through life; two college students starting a secret relationship; a committed couple severely tested by the arrival of another man; and an old married man dazzled by a young married male who hustles to get back to his own family.

Cast

* Antonio Velázquez as Hugo *

as Andrés * César Ramos as Fito * Gustavo Egelhaaf as Leo * Alonso Echánove as Joaquín * as Gilberto * as Laura * Gabriel Santoyo as Mauricio * Sebastián Rivera as Oliver * Juan Manuel Bernal as Héctor * Marta Aura as Petra *

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as Aurora * Astrid Hadad as Alfonsina * Hugo Catalán as Sebastián * Jorge Luis Moreno as Enrique *

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as Alfredo * Laura de Ita as Amanda * Joaquín Rodríguez as Bruno * Marisol Centeno as Mariana * Alejandra Ley as Tania * Héctor Arredondo as the priest * as Rolando *

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as Doctor * Oscar Olivares as Alejandro *

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as Pepe

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Four Moons LGBT-related romantic drama films Mexican LGBT-related films 2014 films Gay-related films 2014 LGBT-related films Mexican romantic drama films 2010s romance films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Mexican films