The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
La misteriosa mirada del flamenco
The Cervantes Institute, in collaboration with Fiacine, presents the Chilean feature film La misteriosa mirada del flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of Flamenco) as a candidate for the 2026 Oscar for Best International Feature Film.T he screening will be presented and followed by a discussion with the audience led by the film's director, lead actress, and producer.
Synopsis: In the early 1980s, in the Chilean desert, Lidia, an eleven-year-old girl, grows up in a loving queer family marginalised in a dusty and hostile mining town. They are blamed for a mysterious disease that begins to spread, which is said to be transmitted with a single glance when one man falls in love with another. In this modern western, Lidia embarks on a quest for revenge, facing violence, fear and hatred, in which her family will be her only refuge and love may be the real danger.
