Glue (2006)
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61% of users liked it
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A teenage boy is forced to dive into the murky waters of adolescence in this comedy-drama from Argentine filmmaker Alexis Dos Santos. Lucas (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) is a bored and restless fifteen-year-old living in a sleepy town in Patagonia's version of the Middle of Nowhere. Things have… More A teenage boy is forced to dive into the murky waters of adolescence in this comedy-drama from Argentine filmmaker Alexis Dos Santos. Lucas (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) is a bored and restless fifteen-year-old living in a sleepy town in Patagonia's version of the Middle of Nowhere. Things have hardly been happy at home since Lucas's parent's split up over his father's constant infidelity, and matters are hardly any more comfortable elsewhere. Lucas is obsessed with the changes in his body, he's trying to get the garage band he's formed with his buddies off the ground, and he can think of little besides sex. Lucas's best friend is a similarly confused adolescent, Nacho (Nahuel Viale); together they pass the time by hanging out and playing pranks on others, though Lucas tries not to think about his growing attraction to Nacho. Lucas's sexual confusion rises to a new level when he and Nacho strike up a friendship with Andrea (Ines Efron), the slightly geeky new girl at school; when Lucas's dad leaves him alone to watch over his apartment one weekend, he invites Nacho and Andrea over for the evening, which leads to a long night of sniffing glue and rudimentary making out. Glue (aka Glue: Historia Adolescente En Medio De La Nada) received its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alexis Dos Santos
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Sep 28, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Picture This! Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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S. James Wegg, JWR
Finally, a coming-of-age film that has the courage to present the terrors and fears of self-discovery in a thoughtful, seemingly incoherent fashion, comes to the screen.
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Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
The teens grope and fumble through their desire, sex and gender heat-miraging away. . . . The performances are remarkably assured.
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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
As part of the New Argentine Cinema, "Glue" is a bold and tasteful film that wears its warts well.
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Cast
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Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
as Lucas
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Nahuel Viale
as Nacho
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Inés Efron
as Andrea
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Verónica Llinás
as Mecha
- Héctor Díaz
- Florencia Braier

