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Keep Coming Back

Directed by Sergio de León2025Uruguay/Argentina91 mins

For his feature directorial debut, Sergio de León weaves surreal imagery, offbeat humor, and a shitload of birds into one of the most vivid and original queer coming of age films in recent memory.

Eighteen-year-old Emilio (Bruce Pintos, an actor with a face for cinema making their film debut) can hardly keep his hormones under control when he's faced with handling a cursed inheritance of a rural dovecote for carrier pigeons following the death of his mother. Looking to settle his mother's debts, Emilio and his mother's boyfriend Juan (singer and musician Juan Wauters) uncover a legacy of local bird racing championship prizes in their pigeon coop, inspiring them to begin training their feathered flock for an upcoming race.

As Emilio navigates a weighty cocktail of new, all-consuming sensations (grief, lust, and romantic longing), de León drapes every turn in Keep Coming Back with inescapable plumage — from the town's gay orgies to the mythical legend of an avian hero named Winkie.

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Original Language Title
Siempre vuelven
Director
Sergio de León
Year
2025
Country
Uruguay, Argentina
Running Time
91 mins
Language
Spanish
Premiere
US
Cast/Participants
Bruce Pintos, Juan Wauters, Anabella Bacigalupo, Abril Pereira, Gastón Chamorro, Alfonso Bueno Lima, Roberto Bornes, Rasjid César
Section
Narrative Features
Program Note Writer
Joe Bowman

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