Junior is nine years old, growing up on a housing project in Venezuela with his recently widowed mother, Marta, and his baby brother. Searching for an identity without a father-figure, Junior feels marginalised by his mother s preoccupation with his younger brother. When school term approaches and Junior s yearbook photo is to be taken, he decides to straighten his stubbornly curly hair. Sharing a love of music and singing, Junior s grandmother introduces him to her favourite sixties crooner, Henry Stephen ( My Lemon, My Lemon Tree ), and suggests he might like to... imitate the look for the school photo. As Junior s fixation with his appearance grows it soon puts him at odds with his mother. Overwhelmed with searching for a job to provide for her family, she finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior s personality and tries to induce him into macho ways, convinced his obsessions are in fact signs of his undefined sexuality... [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Junior is nine years old growing up on a housing project in Venezuela with his recently widowed mother Marta and his baby brother. Searching for an identity without a father-figure Junior feels marginalised by his mother s preoccupation with his younger brother. When school term approaches and Junior s yearbook photo is to be taken he decides to straighten his stubbornly curly hair. Sharing a love of music and singing Junior s grandmother introduces him to her favourite sixties crooner Henry Stephen ( My Lemon My Lemon Tree ) and suggests he might like to imitate the look for the school photo. As Junior s fixation with his appearance grows it soon puts him at odds with his mother. Overwhelmed with searching for a job to provide for her family she finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior s personality and tries to induce him into macho ways convinced his obsessions are in fact signs of his undefined sexuality...
Mariana Rondón writes and directs this Spanish language drama starring Samuel Lange Zambrano and Samantha Castillo. When the class of a Venezuelan school are told that they are to have their photograph taken for their yearbook, nine-year-old Junior (Zambrano) decides he wants to look like a popstar and asks his grandmother for help to straighten his curly hair. When his mother Marta (Castillo) finds out what her impressionable son has done she tries her hardest to make him see why people will torment him if he persists in acting a certain way.
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