Luz
2020, Film, 118 min, Crime, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 62
Ruben and Carlos become cellmates in a minimum-security prison. While Ruben struggles to learn the ropes of daily life and where he falls in the complex hierarchical prison system, Carlos becomes a mentor and then eventually a lover. The two men develop feelings for one another they can't easily express. As time moves on and one of them is released before the other, there are questions looming as to whether what they had was real or simply out of the need for human connection.
Directed by Jon Garcia
Cast
- Ernesto Reyes as Ruben
- Jesse Tayeh as Carlos
- Jimmy Garcia as Sal
- Alma Gloria Garcia as Benilda
- Lowell Deo as Officer Dowden
- Rega Lupo as Julio
- Marian Mendez as Valerie
- Evie Riojas as Adriana
- Willis Argetsinger as Adult in custody
- Virgil Bohnenkamp as Adult in custody
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