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Bear Cub (Cachorro)
       
  Release Date: 11/05/04 (Future Release)

Starring: Jose Luis Garcia Perez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo, Diana Cerezo

Director: Miguel Albaladejo

Rating: (R)
 
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Genre
  Drama
   
  Running Time
  99 min
   
  Distributor
  TLA Releasing
   
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NEW YORK VIEW
It opens with a scene featuring three bearish men lounging in bed; would you believe us if we said this was a coy, sentimental comedy-drama about a 9-year-old boy being cared for by his uncle? His strange setup notwithstanding, director Miguel Albaladejo mostly keeps the schmaltziness to a minimum; as a result, his modest film gets a lot of mileage merely from defying expectations.

CINEMASOURCE SYNOPSIS
Pedro is an attractive and homosexual dentist who lives a sexually active lifestyle. He offers to take care of his nine-year-old nephew Bernardo for two weeks while the child's mother, Pedro's older sister Violeta, 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 toward 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 Dooa Teresa arrives to begin a relationship with her grandson. But as she finds out more about Pedro's life, Dooa Teresa believes that the upbringing of a child should not be left in the hands of a homosexual.