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Last Summer of the Boyita (El último verano de la Boyita)

German title: Mein Sommer mit Mario
Francaise title: Le dernier été de la Boyita
Greek title: Το τελευταίο καλοκαίρι της Μπογίτα
Russian title: Последнее лето в Бойте
Original title: El último verano de la Boyita

Alternative titles:
To teleftaio kalokairi tis Boyita | ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟ ΚΑΛΟΚΑΙΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΜΠΟΓΙΤΑ | Der letzte Sommer mit Mario

Youth movie – Spain, France, Argentina
Production year: 2008
Movie length: 86 minutes

Director: Julia Solomonoff
Writer: Julia Solomonoff
Cinematograph: Lucio Bonelli, Julia Solomonoff
Music: Sebastián Escofet

Movie description:

Young Jorgelina feels estranged from her boy-crazy older sister, who has entered adolescence and doesn’t want to hang around with little kids anymore. Finding refuge in their Boyita campervan, Jorgelina travels with her father to the countryside, where her lifelong playmate Mario is undergoing some unexpected changes of his own.

People seem to be undergoing drastic changes around Jorgelina. Jorgelina’s older sister, Luciana, has begun collecting her monthly bill and officially enters the world of push-up bras and feminine hygiene products (a.k.a. adolescence). With hormones a blazing, Luciana only cares about boys now; suddenly, Jorgelina has gone from playmate and friend to a mere annoyance to her sister.
Rather than going on a beach vacation with her mother and hormonal sister, Jorgelina opts to travel to the Argentinean countryside – the Pampas – with her father to spend the summer swimming and horseback riding. Lonely for a playmate, Jorgelina desperately shadows a young and withdrawn ranch hand, Mario. But Mario has little time for childish recreation; not only must Mario assist his aging father with the daily chores around the ranch, but he is also in training for his horse racing premiere.
As the summer plows forth, Jorgelina and Mario become increasingly close. One day, Mario begins to bleed from his crotch – something Jorgelina knows (from her father’s medical texts) that males do not normally do. As it turns out, Mario is also experiencing a sexual transformation not unlike Luciana. Jorgelina and Mario are faced with an awkward and extremely personal truth that Mario’s parents would prefer to continue to deny.

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