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Do It Like an Hombre
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Wikipedia article
'Do It Like an Hombre' is a 2017 Mexican-Chilean comedy-drama film written and directed Nicols Lpez. The film starred by Mauricio Ochmann, Alfonso Dosal and Aislinn Derbez in lead roles along with Humberto Busto, Ignacia Allamand and Ariel Levy.
The film grossed $182.17 million pesos in Mexico, and is the sixth highest-grossing Mexican film. In Spanish.
Plot
Ral (Mauricio Ochmann), Eduardo (Humberto Busto) and Santiago (Alfonso Dosal) have led a happy and "masculine" life from their childhood, until, one day, Santiago confesses to them that he is gay.
Ral reacts negatively to this revelation, trying to convince Santiago that it's just a phase, which damages his relationship. Santiago starts a relationship with Julin, a famous chef, and begins plans to move to Miami with him and leave his old life behind, and Ral feels jealous of losing closeness with Santiago, and this jealousy increases the conflicts with him until they cut each other off. At the same time, his wife Luciana finds out that he has been flirting with other women and arranging hookups and seeks a divorce from him. Losing two of the most important relationships in his life leads Ral to reexamine his preconceptions about masculinity, friendship and love.
Eventually, Santiago backs down from his plans when he finds out that Julin is polyamorous and isn't willing to keep a monogamous relationship with him. Ral apologizes to Santiago and they make amends.
In the final scene, a couple years later, Ral is still trying to earn Luciana's forgiveness and regain her love, but she is still hesitant to give him another chance. Santiago is dating an employee of Eduardo and Ral seems more comfortable with his friend's homosexuality, but he still reacts with discomfort to see his own son playing with a doll, hinting that future conflict may still arise.
Cast
* Mauricio Ochmann as Ral
* Alfonso Dosal as Santiago
* Aislinn Derbez as Nati, Santiago's girlfriend.
* Humberto Busto as Eduardo
* Ignacia Allamand as Luciana, Ral's wife.
* Ariel Levy as Julin, Santiago's boyfriend.
* Luis Pablo Romn as Ral's therapist.
Criticism
GLAAD criticized the film as especially homophobic in its 2018 report "Studio Responsibility Index" stating: "Overall, this movie contained so much anti-gay language and sentiment played for laughs, that Ral coming around is barely consequential. While this film did pass the Vito Russo Test by including an LGBTQ character who was significant to the plot and had the same sort of unique personality traits as non-LGBTQ
characters, it does not stop the film from being incredibly offensive."
References
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