BEAR CUB aka CACHORRO

Year: 2004
USA: TLA Releasing
Cast: Jose Luis Garcia-Perez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo, Arno Chevrier, Mario Arias, Josele Roman, Diana Cerezo
Director: Miguel Albaladejo
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
USA Release Date: 19 November 2004 (Limited Release - Pasadena CA)
USA Release Date: 5 November 2004 (Limited Release - New York)

Synopsis

Pedro (Jose Luis Garcia-Perez) is an attractive and homosexual dentist who lives a sexually active lifestyle. He offers to take care of his 9 year-old nephew Bernardo (David Castillo) for two weeks while the child's mother, Pedro's older sister Violeta (Elvira Lindo), goes off to India with her latest "hippie" boyfriend. Pedro modifies his sexual behavior but quickly finds out that Bernardo is extremely comfortable and mature in his attitude towards life. When Violeta suddenly becomes detained in India, Pedro finds himself the boy's caretaker and must face the challenges of raising a child. As the relationship between uncle and nephew gradually becomes tighter through real love, friendship and affection, Violeta's estranged mother, Dona Teresa (Empar Ferrer), arrives to begin a relationship with Bernardo. But as she finds out more about Pedro's life, Dona Teresa believes that the upbringing of a child should not be left in the hands of a homosexual. Bear Cub is the newest film from Miguel Albaladejo, director of Manolito Four-Eyes (Manolito Gafotas).