En malas compañías

En malas compañías
En malas compañías
Directed by	Antonio Hens
Starring	Israel Rodríguez
Release date	2000;
Running time	17 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

En malas compañías (translation: In Bad Company or With a Bad Crowd), titled in English as Doors Cut Down, is a 2000 Spanish short comedy film directed by Antonio Hens.

Plot

Sixteen-year-old Guillermo (

gay sex, getting caught once by mall security guards. As a consequence of that incident, his parents learn of his activities, and take him to a mental health therapist, who pronounces Guillermo to be mentally healthy and in no need of conversion therapy but recommends further sessions for his parents to help them accept their son's sexual identity

.

This short film was shown on British

television network Channel 4. It is included in the gay and lesbian short film collection Boys Briefs 2

.

Awards

The movie won two Caja de Madrid awards at the short film festival ALCINE (Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares) in Alcalá de Henares in 2000, one for Best Male Actor (Israel Rodríguez) and another for Social Values.^[1] At the festival Madridimagen it won the prize for the best short in the same year.^[2]

Restoration

The movie was restored in 2K High Definition in 2015 from the original camera negative. The release in the United States is being handled by Altered Innocence.

References

^ "Palmarés".
^ "Palmares". Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

External links

En malas compañías at
IMDb

En malas compañías
Doors Cut Down at AllMovie
Doors Cut Down HD Restoration - US Website

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[1] "Palmarés".

[2] "Palmares". Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

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