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Men of Hard Skin

Wall Javier (Actor) Format: DVD
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Teenager Ariel lives a seemingly quiet life with his father and sister on their picturesque farm in a rural part of Buenos Aires. However, unbeknownst to his family, Ariel has been abused for years by Omar, his neighborhood priest. Having confused his mistreatment for romantic affection, Ariel takes it upon himself to free himself from their relationship and soon embarks on a secret affair with one of the male workers on his father's property. Meanwhile, as Omar continues to succumb to his urges, he forms a friendship with a much older priest who finds himself wrestling with similar desires.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.58 x 7.52 x 5.38 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ B07XQXW25X
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Dolby, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 36 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 15, 2019
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Wall Javier
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Tla
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07XQXW25X
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 288 ratings

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Jared A. Rowe
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard hitting and painfully honest.
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020
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"Men of Hard Skin" is right to the point, and doesn't offer any excuses, nor does it tell a pretty story. It's flat out about the damage done to a boy who has a love affair with a thirty-something priest. The boy's age is never specified, and the actor who plays the part could be anywhere from fifteen on up. Ariel has a young face which makes it easy for us to dislike Omar, the priest. The boy's father is a bitter, unhappy farmer who makes no effort to be close to his son, and is a roaring homophobic who thinks Ariel will be cured by having sex with a girl. We know how that goes. This is a very complex plotline, and along the way there are very few of the characters we would care to know. Omar, the priest, tries to set himself up as a victim, even though he admittedly molested some very young boys. He's no victim, and it's impossible to find any value in him, other than when he breaks with Ariel, it causes the boy on a journey of self-evaluation and self-esteem, despite tremendous emotional negativity from just about everyone around him, other than his sister, and a young prostitute. They get what he's all about and he takes strength from the fact that they aren't offended by his sexuality. Ariel manages to find himself a niche on the farm to explore his sexuality, made easier because his father has no clue, and thinks Zulma, the young prostitute who keeps visiting the house is making a man of his son. It's not always easy to watch the boy's pain, but we're rooting for him because he knows what he doesn't want from life. That's as much of a setup needed to understand the tone and frankness of this film.

The acting is mostly very good, especially the kid who plays Ariel. He has a thousand subtle facial expressions and body language that is never out of character. The actor who plays the priest is very controlled and we sense his duplicity from the beginning. The sister, the father, the prostitute and a conflicted farmhand are all believeable, and they each have a completely different relationship with Ariel. The direction is first class, considering this is a very convoluted story and not one that most people would be comfortable with. Still, he pulls it off, and best of all he sticks with the truth and doesn't allow any mundane, cheap sentimentality to soften the message. Photography is used well in the wide-screen format, and many interesting shots from difficult angles gives the feeling of substance to the images. The script is also very good, and a difficult one to write. But we understand the story, and realize how important it is to have quality films about the ugliness of sexual abuse.

Why I gave "Men of Hard Skin" five stars is because of its uncompromising honesty, and how it makes us feel. This is not a "happy" film, nor is it sensationalized in any way. It doesn't pretend to be either a lesson or a lecture, and it takes us so close to the world of pedophilia that we gain a better understanding of those things that should never be allowed to happen. Several reviews panned this movie, but that's what opinions are for. I only wish people would write why they don't like a film, rather than a one or two word brush-off. I did my best, so I hope this might help whoever might be wondering if it's worth a watch. It is.
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Christopher Thomas Gurganus
5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD movie to watch
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024
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Great job Guys 👍🤘✌️
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Eric willatto
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting film
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2022
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At first I thought this was another tragic story, but it turned out to be interesting movie. I didn't expect the ending. But all in all its good story. Oh yeah, I didn't care for a few characters in this story.
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gordon powell
3.0 out of 5 stars OVERRATED
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020
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I did not find this movie as scandalous as described even though there were open discussions between priests of different ages sharing their problems as pedophiles. The teenage main character shows the typical elements of life in south america for homosexual youth. This is one of those "slice of life" movies that does not have a clear beginning or ending. To me it had a dark and somewhat depressing quality. Nudity and softcore was appropriate and not under or overdone. I have to give credit where it's due, however, and say the picture, sound, cinemaphotography, and subtitles were excellent.
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Gary W. Phelps
5.0 out of 5 stars A film on a controversial subject
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2021
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Man-Boy secret affairs - even by a Catholic Priest with a young boy - have a history for ages in several countries. This film predates a boy's choice over the years to pursue same sex relationships. This film does break every rule and demolishes all taboo with unrestrained effect. As a boy, Ariel's Mother died while his Father has no time or interest him as a Son. Ariel turns to a Priest who introduces him to a pedophile relationship. Ariel stated himself that he liked that until his maturing to understand the controversial nature of the relationship and ended it. But in that pedophile relationship Ariel is indoctrinated to continue in same-sex experiences. The end of the movie implies Ariel may or may not
continue gay relationships. Nevertheless, the film seems to lack an adequate caution about the diseases
such as AIDS or strains of hepatitis that are terminal especially in a complicated, unsentimental, realistic
portrayal of sex - and abuse - actual or attempted - with a boy.
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elmer acevedo
1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst Argentine Film I've Evern Seen
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021
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The movie's protagonist lacks charisma; you don't ever really sympathize with him. There really isn't much depth to his character which isn't really the actor's fault; he wasn't really given much to work with. The whole movie just feels depressing, without a single one thing to make you want to keep watching. The ending, is really depressing, at least no one dies I suppose. The cast is well.. I know they're trying to depict the 'undesirables' or Argentine society but for a gay movie there's not much eye candy to speak of in a country full of beautiful people. The one character I actually felt for was the kid's father; specially when he ponders what he did wrong. As an ally of LGBT people this just feels half baked; uninspiring and downright grotesque. Do NOT recommend.
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Ronald Hawkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend renting this movie.
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020
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This was a very good movie. It had an interesting plot. It was in Spanish but was very easy to understand and with the subtiltes turned on they matched up well.
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Tom George
5.0 out of 5 stars Unexceptedly Impressed.
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020
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Given the theme and description of this film, I was not expecting to see such fine acting and storyline. Very well done.
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C.M.-TN
2.0 out of 5 stars Giudizio negativo.
Reviewed in Italy on February 5, 2021
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Due stelle solo per il coraggio del regista nel proporre un tema importante senza avere i mezzi economici per poterlo fare.
Dello stesso regista ho visto The blonde one...film che dimostra che, mantenendo i piedi per terra, si può realizzare qualcosa di positivo anche con pochi mezzi.
In Man of hard skin tutto rema contro ... già si deve ascoltare in spagnolo e tenere un occhio sui sottotitoli in inglese...e poi compaiono .... una scena di nudo frontale del tutto inutile, altre che potevano starci e non ci sono o forse sono state tagliate dalla manina di TLA...un cast che recita come una mediocre filodrammatica di paese, qualche scena che, più che essere surreale, rasenta il ridicolo ...un film che procede lentamente con qualche passaggio inutile...e, ciliegina sulla torta, oltre ai costumi piuttosto scarsi...un intero cast di personaggi davvero brutti!!
Collezione DVD e ultimamente ho acquistato, a scatola chiusa, anche un sacco di questi film, in gran parte non ancora visti ...spero che questo sia solo un incidente di percorso!
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Mike j
5.0 out of 5 stars Men of hard skin.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2020
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I injoyed watching the film, just a pitty you spend more time looking at the subtitles.
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M. L. Saint Laurent
1.0 out of 5 stars Deceptive jacket description
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2019
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There is something to be said for clever writing and the art of descriptive power. Whoever wrote the synopsis of this film certainly knows how to pen a compelling and enticing lure, despite the fact that it's largely bull. The secret affair that the Ariel is having with the priest is so secret that it's never actually seen merely implied, and is apparently over and done with in the very first scene they appear in together. The seduction of a farmhand couldn't be further from the meaning of the word seduction; Ariel and he meet and exchange maybe two words then it's straight down to business.

I was expecting a sweeping romance. This film is nothing more than a romp. It's described as complex. It isn't. If by complex the writer of the synopsis was alluding to the disconnected nature of the editing, then that would have been more accurate. One or two of the cinematography choices were a little odd; close-ups of random people, but there were also some nice touches; an aerial zoom-out to emphasise Ariel's need to escape, and the habit of the camera to encircle actors as they're entering habitats.

If you're expecting to witness the lead pictured on the jacket in all his glory, you won't. If you're expecting intimacy of passion or the spoken word, you won't get it. There are more facets to the story than just Ariel's search of encounters; the short-tempered father, the elder priest with his own dark past, the farmhand's moral obligation, but they're all so bittily delivered that you never really get the opportunity to care. There is an annoying sense of staccato to the storylines; so little is shown that you have to wonder if it was the intention all along for the audience to just work it out for themselves.

I didn't enjoy this film as much as I wanted to, and it's right up there with Jess & James for its feeling of disjointedness. The acting wasn't terrible and the premise has potential, but it was somewhat squandered by bad pacing and unconvincing choices. The less said about the music the better.
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schumann_bg
2.0 out of 5 stars offers almost nothing except a quick intimate view of a hot farmhand
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2019
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As another reviewer says, the blurb on the box is certainly misleading; it starts out: 'One of the most controversial gay films of the decade ...' - which it certainly isn't. There is no depth to anything here; no sense of cinema, no understanding of any 'issues' - a terrible word, but presumably what this is trying to raise. The best that can be said about it is that the lead is a sweet boy (he IS likable, unlike every male character he encounters except a trainee pharmacist who we see for about 10 seconds), called Ariel, but sorely treated by everyone except for a couple of relationships with girls - his sister and another younger girl, which are turned to paint-by-numbers sentimentality. It is all pressing buttons, but there is no sense of a life or a community whatsoever. The paedophile priest is shown so superficially, the farmhand who Ariel then gets going with is sexy and those scenes have an erotic charge, but they are very brief, and the film clearly has pretensions that it cannot possibly live up to. The camera swoops around, often pulling back from shots in a dizzying way that offers nothing except flashiness, while the images are essentially as flat and two-dimensional as the characters. As for the story - it is completely lifeless, and without emotion.
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J J
3.0 out of 5 stars J. J.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2021
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THIS DVD i got for my Friend & his Boyfriend, who told me that they love it, 100%
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