Julián Hernández — Director (14)

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The Demons at Dawn (2024)
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朱利安·埃尔南德斯 actor: Israel Alva / Jere Caelum
other title: Los demonios del amanecer / 清晨的恶魔 …
Orlando and Marco, two young men who live in Mexico City, meet by chance and fall in love. Every day they fight in order to achieve their dreams: Orlando wants to be a dancer and Marco wants to graduate from nursing school. As they go against a diverse, ever-changing, hostile world, they’ll learn that once the darkness of night is gone and through their intertwined bodies and their synchronized souls, they will have seen all those demons of dawn go by.

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A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003)
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other title: 一千朵云 / Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor …
Gerardo, a 17-year old guy has just finished his relationship with Bruno and starts wandering hopeless through the streets of the city. In his wandering he's tortured by images: each masculine body he sees reminds him of his lover. Gerardo is determined to keep what's left of his dying love. The only comfort he has is a letter that Bruno left him with his boss.

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The Trace of Your Lips (2023)
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other title: 你唇之印 / La huella de unos labios …
Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who's isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who's allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each other in an apartment complex. They meet online, and they can talk and even see each other in videocalls, but they can't meet in person. Eventually, the temptation to break out of their lockdown comes up.

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二人世界 (2022)
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other title: Dos entre muchos / Two amongst Many
A pandemic has Esteban isolated, separated from Alan. His days go by staring at the buildings around him from the rooftop where he lives, learning how to play the guitar, and maintaining his relationship with Alan through video calls, but isolation has no end in sight, and reality eventually catches up with them.

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沥青女神 (2020)
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朱利安·赫南德兹 actor: 西梅娜·罗莫 / Mabel Cadena …
other title: La diosa del asfalto / Asphalt Goddess
Max returns to her slum turned into the vocalist of a rock band. There, the memories await, the latest news and the truths that were silent for years: Sonia is a voice that speaks from the death, Ramira and Carcacha regent with the neighborhood's misery, and Guama sinks into madness. The reasons for abandonment are evident, the deaths and unfulfilled promises are recap. Max returns to die, not without first understanding and meaning all the reasons that remained pending.

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Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve (2015)
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other title: 酒吧男孩 / Muchacho en la barra se masturba con rabia y osadía …
對於克里斯提安的身體而言,舞蹈和賣淫是同等的,都是視覺、慾望、技巧和性的綜合體,並輕易解答許多人生中的大哉問、達成人生中的和諧、調和對立與矛盾,解答有時候如同所有事實一樣,也是痛苦的。

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Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
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other title: 一半艳阳,一半蓝天 / Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo …
A story of love, sex and destiny. Youthful Kieri and Ryo share a deep and passionate love for each other. Kieri sets off in search of his soul mate after Ryo is kidnapped. A female spirit is with Kieri as he searches for Ryo. Ryo escapes and the pair will have to work hard to prove their love for each other as obstacles are placed in their path along the way.

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Broken Sky (2006)
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★ 5.6 5 ratings
other title: 情碎的天空 / El Cielo Dividido …
Gerardo is deeply in love with longtime lover Jonas. When Jonas falls for a stranger he met at a local nightclub, heartbroken Gerardo soon seeks solace in the arms of Sergio. Despite other interests, Gerardo and Jonas can't bring themselves to end it.

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The Day Began Yesterday (2020)
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★ 6.0 5 ratings
other title: 昨天开始爱上你 / El día comenzó ayer …
奥兰多和萨乌,两名个性迥异的男孩,偶然产生交集。奥兰多充满自信,完全不因身为HIV阳性而自暴自弃;萨乌毫无自信,而且对性一知半解。他们的相遇影响彼此看待人生的方式,性也能是无拘无束的美好接触,而非掠夺侵占的予取予求。

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I Am Happiness On Earth (2014)
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★ 4.8 5 ratings
other title: 我是人间快乐 / Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo …
本片是墨西哥导演朱利安·赫南德兹的最新作品,他的《一千朵云》和《一半艳阳,一半蓝天》两次擒获柏林电影节泰迪熊奖。接近2小时片长的《我是人间快乐》采用故事套故事的形式,以一位电影导演拍摄跳舞男孩作为主线,讲述爱欲交错的人间生活。电影通过镜头捕捉导演和男孩的爱情追逐、以及他将心目中的爱情刻画成短片,展示了穿行在城市里的复杂爱情。