An experimental 7-minute short from Argentine writer-director Cristian Franco-Tuñon, Center Lights is a melancholy, but incredibly sexy examination of gay male desire, longing and fantasy.
As night falls, a lonely young man – smoking a cigarette and clad in a pair of skimpy white briefs – watches the world go by from his apartment balcony.
The countless city lights, flickering on and off, blend together with the people on the streets – suggesting the vast array of encounters the outside world has to offer. Our protagonist, however, is only interested in the alluring man who lives next door.
Though he suspects that his feelings will not be reciprocated, something is calling on him to take a chance. Later that night, he works up the courage to confront his feelings – and the man in question – directly.
Watch an evocative short trailer for Center Lights below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.
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