The Male Gaze: Secrets and Lies

2025 1h 42m EN

Synopsis

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Escaping school bullies in Jerusalem, reconnecting with Dad in Indonesia, a missing baby at a drag show in Taiwan. All around the world, the language of telling lies and keeping secrets is common practice, but sometimes people's reasons for doing so may surprise you.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Fernando Mariano
Christopher Hunter
Léon Exbrayat
Shih Ming-shuai
Michell Tatter Alfredsson
Joy Yi-Chun Pan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pablo Saura
Languages: Mandarin, English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Raeto-Romance, Swedish

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 7 languages: Mandarin, English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Raeto-Romance, Swedish.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Male Gaze Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Fernando Mariano and Christopher Hunter and Léon Exbrayat carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt38111841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Pablo Saura directs. Dialogue in Mandarin, English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Raeto-Romance, Swedish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Dialogue crosses 7 languages: Mandarin, English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Raeto-Romance, Swedish.
3Part of the "The Male Gaze Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Fernando Mariano and Christopher Hunter and Léon Exbrayat carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt38111841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.