Marilyn

Marilyn is a drama set in rural Argentina, where teenager Marcos lives with his family on a ranch. His father and brother handle the heavy work while Marcos stays close to his mother, his future seemingly already decided. He waits for Carnival, the one occasion when he can let his true self show, while other teenagers in town call him Marilyn, making him a target of both desire and discrimination. When his father dies suddenly, the family is left vulnerable: the ranch owner wants them gone, and Marcos's mother pushes him to take on the field work.

The film is directed by Martín Rodríguez Redondo, who wrote the screenplay with Mariana Docampo and Mara Pescio, and was produced by Paula Zyngierman. Walter Pez plays Marcos, with Catalina Saavedra as Olga, Germán de Silva as Carlos, Ignacio Giménez as Carlitos, Rodolfo García Werner as Facundo and Andrew Bargsted as Federico. Made in Argentina and Chile by Quijote Films and MaravillaCine, it runs 80 minutes.

On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 6.5 from 543 votes, indicating a modest but fairly steady level of audience approval. On TMDB, the rating stands at 5.6 from 16 votes, based on a much smaller sample. The gap between the two reflects how little the title has circulated among that site's users rather than a clear split in opinion.