Santiago Roncagliolo

Pudor is about intimacy, about the desires, obsessions, secrets and fears that we keep hidden, even from those we love most. The characters in this story are a man who is going to die, a woman who receives anonymous erotic notes, an older man who is offered a last chance at falling in love, a teenager struggling to handle the doubts generated by puberty and a small boy who sees ghosts. As is the case in many families, in spite of living together, all the characters in Pudor are alone.

A man is killed in Lima during the Argentina ’78 World Cup. Félix Chacaltana investigates the murder and uncovers an international plot that involves kidnappings, disappearances, and torture. Félix is nothing more than an innocent bureaucrat, but he is about to lose his sexual innocence, his political inexperience and even his soccer virginity.

Highlighting the unique culture of the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, this groundbreaking documentary chronicles the lives of those who identify as muxes, a widely recognized third gender.

A street singer, a former prostitute and her jealous husband, two thieves, a teacher and two children. All strangers. All in the same place. Five stories that could be one: the search for what we call happiness.