Glue, or ''Glue - Historia adolescente en medio de la nada'', is a 2006

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film written and directed by Argentine film director

Alexis Dos Santos Alexis Dos Santos (born 1974) is an Argentine film director and producer, screenwriter and editor. He has also shot a number of short and directed music videos. He is considered part of the New Queer Cinema movement. Dos Santos studied in Buenos A ...

and was his debut long feature film.

Plot

The movie is set in a small Argentine town in Zapala, Neuquén Province, Patagonia. Lucas (

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (, ; born 6 March 1986) is an Argentine actor. A polyglot, he is best known for his role in the French film ''BPM (Beats per Minute)'' (2017), which earned him a César and a Lumières Award. Early life Pérez Biscayar ...

), a 16-year-old boy full of

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, plays in a punk rock band with his friend Nacho (Nahuel Viale). When he meets a girl, Andrea (

Inés Efron Inés Efron (born May 9, 1984 in Mexico City) is an Argentine actress. Career Before ''XXY'', Inés Efron starred in ''Glue'', a drama about three teenagers set in a small town in a remote town in Uruguay. In her '' XXY'' role, Efron's charact ...

), the three mutually engage in drug use and

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Awards

*2006: Won MovieZone Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) *2006: Won Best Local Film at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema *2006: Won Young Audience Award at Nantes Three Continents Festival *2006: Nominated for Golden Montgolfiere at the Nantes Three Continents Festival *2007: Won Best First Feature - World Cinema at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

References

External links

* 2006 films Films set in Argentina 2000s Spanish-language films Argentine LGBT-related films Male bisexuality in film British LGBT-related films Punk films Films about drugs 2000s British films 2000s Argentine films {{2000s-Argentina-film-stub