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The Name of the Son

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Long hair would look good on him, but so would a moustache. This summer by the sea, the trans boy Lucho knows that there is a lot in him that is difficult to share with others.

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Status
Released
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Box office
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Language
Spanish
  • short film

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Argentina

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePalm Springs International ShortFest16 Jun 2020
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PremiereMar del Plata International Film Festival15 Nov 2019
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival23 Feb 2020
  • RussiaRU

    • PremiereSide By Side International LGBT Film Festival14 Nov 2020

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The Name of the Son was released on 15 November 2019.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    6/12/2026

    6/10

    This is quite a well delivered, soft-focus, story of the young "Lucho" (Tristán Miranda) who has an uneasy relationship with their sister and father. Dad (Daniel Cabot) insists on referring to his son, or to her brother but clearly, if not as yet surgically, there is a fair degree of dysmorphia in the mind of a "Lucho" who is at their most apprehensive on the beach. There's not really much for us watching to go on, a…

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