Lokas 2008 movie review

I had`t laught so hard in a long time. Lokas   is a wonderful comedy from Chilly directed by one of their`s greatest directors Gonzalo Justiniano. The plot follows the adventures of Charly, a middle-aged man who lives with his son Pedro (Raimundo Bastidas ) in Mexico City. Unfortunately he gets in troble and is sent to serve a short sentence in jail.  When he gets out he is unable to find a job and had no other choice but to take his son and return to Chile where his father lives. Last time he saw his father was some  30 years ago.  To much of his surprise he finds out that his father is gay and lives with another person -- that in itself is quite stressful for Charlie who stands as a hobophobe .

The screenplay of “Lokas” was written by  Rodrigo Bastidas who stares in the film himself in the role of Charley . He tooks his son along and thanks to that you could enjoy the first class acting of the young Raimundo Bastidas in the role of Pedro.

In an interview Rodrigo shared some insight of why he decided to write the script :

” Half a year ago Raimundo asked me:” Hey Dad, I will be gay? “. I said ‘look, I think not, your behavior, you say you like girls, you’re in love with this here, that there, so from that point of view, no’. ” Afterwards those concerns  of sexual identity became part of the movie  Lokas.

Some move critic agency rated the film suitable for persons over 14 which surprised its creators .  They found that decision to be discrimination and declared that it is absurd that the entire film is censored in this way.  The director Gonzalo Justiniano said :

“We are surprised by the ratification of age, because the theme of the film today should not be a taboo for children.”

Rodrigo Bastidas also commented that this movie is for all audiences. “One of its main protagonists, and the theme of the film, is a child of 11 years, who accepted his grandfather gay naturally, without discriminating.I think it’s a film for over 10 years … but to put a number.  I find it very educational to go with your child of 10, 11 or 12 years to see a movie like this “

In this respect I have also consider that the movie rating was wrong as there is not a single scene which I could consider offensive for any age -- but rather a well taught lessons about tolerance and acceptance of people as they are .

The idea of the director was  to build a film a tender and funny film which also could entertain and I think he met well all objectives .  My mom saw few scenes and really liked it too -- so much that she wanted to see the whole of it tomorrow -- and that at least for me means a lot as we rarely like the same films.

Interview with the actors and picture gallery

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