Short Film Spotlight: The Blue Angel

Set in the 1990s, director René Pereyra’s 35-minute short The Blue Angel tells the story of a nightclub that is on the brink of disappearing.

Porfirio, an HIV positive man, returns home to run the night club, when he meets a fortuitously-named patron that will alter the course of his life forever.

Part drama, part dark comedy, the film takes place in a small, turbulent Mexican town full of insecure men and tells a poignant story about homophobia and machismo posturing that conceals a burgeoning homosexuality.

Inspired by director Peter Bogdonovich’s 1971 classic The Last Picture Show, Pereyra made the film to shine light on what he sees as a very real and continuing problem in Mexican society.

Watch the trailer for The Blue Angel below. The short film is now streaming on Dekkoo.