''La León'' is a 2007

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drama written and directed by

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. Set in Northern Argentina, the film tells the story of a

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ...

fieldworker, Álvaro (

Jorge Román Jorge Román (born in Palo Santo, Formosa, Argentina) is a film and television actor. He works in the cinema of Argentina.Jorge Ro ...

), and his relationship with a local bully, El Turu (

Daniel Valenzuela Daniel Valenzuela (born May 5, 1956, in Misiones, Argentina), is a prolific film and television actor. He has also done some screenplay writing. He works in the cinema of Argentina.Teddy Award The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale). In the most part, the jury consists of organisers of gay a ...

Plot

On an island in the

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of Argentina, Álvaro (Román) works as a fisherman and a reed cutter. His

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and love of books make him an outsider in the small village. The brutish El Turu (Valenzuela) captains ''La León'', the town ferry. He views Álvaro as a threat, bullying him almost constantly. However, as the film progresses, El Turu's hidden attraction to Álvaro becomes obvious.

Cast

Jorge Román Jorge Román (born in Palo Santo, Formosa, Argentina) is a film and television actor. He works in the cinema of Argentina.Jorge Ro ...

as Álvaro *

at the

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.León, La (2007) - Awards
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* 2007 films Argentine LGBT-related films 2007 drama films 2000s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films LGBT-related drama films Argentine drama films 2007 LGBT-related films 2000s Argentine films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub