LOS DEBUTANTES aka THE DEBUTANTS

Year: 2003
UK: Revolver Entertainment
Cast: Antonella Rios, Nestor Cantillana, Juan Pablo Miranda, Alejandro Trejo, Eduardo Barril, Roberto Farias, Victor Montero, Anita Alvarado, Adriana Vacarezza
Director: Andres Waissbluth
Country: Chile
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
UK: 114 mins
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong sex and drug use
UK Release Date: 15 July 2005
(in Spanish)
UK Distributor

Synopsis

Told from three points of view, the youthful innovation of new Chilean cinema is very much in evidence in this explosive drama about two brothers embroiled in a seedy underworld story of sex, drugs and violence.

Twenty-four year old Silvio and his 17 year-old brother leave their small town for the big city. The two go into a strip club and there meet the sultry stripper Graciella, whose whipped cream act captures both their hearts and loins. After an incident in the club, Silvio is hired by the gangster boss Don Pascual, whose enterprises include porn theatres, strip clubs and prostitution rings. The naïve young Victor begins to court Graciella, unaware that she is playing it hot and heavy with both his brother and gangsta boss club owner Don Pascual....

This Tarantino-esque raw and violent tale of sex and duplicity is one of the largest grossing films in Chilean history. The cream comes off July 15th.