Sabor tropical

Sabor tropical

fun and frolic in the sun...nights of bacchanal.

NR 2009 · 119 min · ★ 4.4 · Thriller, Drama

Sex-charged journalist Brian is chosen by an online publication to travel to Panama and document one of Latin America s premier festival celebrations Carnaval de Las Tablas. Dangers lurk for foreigners, and caught up in the carnival madness, Brian's outgoing manners suddenly place him in situations of both desperation and violence. Things are not what he expected when Brian sets out to meet his online hook-ups. A surprising relationship ensues and his fluid sexuality flows with a jagged edge in this tropical, rum soaked drama.

Directed by Jorge Ameer · Written by Jorge Ameer

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