Desire (Spanish: Desearás al hombre de tu hermana) is a 2017 period erotic thriller film directed by Diego Kaplan and written by Erika Halvorsen based on an idea by Alex Kahanoff. It stars Carolina "Pampita" Ardohain in her first leading role, along with Mónica Antonópulos, Guilherme Winter, Juan Sorini and Andrea Frigerio. The film is about a young woman who goes to her estranged sister's wedding to try to rekindle their relationship but after meeting the groom, she begins to fall in love with him.

Desire
Theatrical release poster
SpanishDesearás al hombre de tu hermana
Directed byDiego Kaplan
Screenplay byErika Halvorsen
Story byAlex Kahanoff
Produced by
  • Fernando Sokolowicz
  • Diego Kaplan
  • Claudio Corbelli
  • Alex Kahanoff
Starring
CinematographyFederico Cantini
Edited byMarcelo "Mark" Martínez
Music byIván Wyszogrod
Production
companies
  • Aleph Media
  • Corbelli Producciones
  • Visual Problem
Distributed byEnergía Entusiasta
Release date
  • 5 October 2017 (2017-10-05) (Argentina)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish
Box office$416,488[1]

Broadcast

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On 21 December 2017,[2] Netflix made the video available with English, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles, but the only audio is the original Spanish soundtrack.[3]

Controversy

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In 2018, Netflix received online criticism claiming that the opening scene, involving a young girl accidentally having her first orgasm, was child pornography. Director Diego Kaplan defended the scene, noting, "The girls never understood what they were doing, they were just copying what they were seeing on the screen. No adult interacted with the girls, other than the child acting coach. Everything was done under the careful surveillance of the girls’ mothers." The scene uses editing, music, and sound to convey the impression that the character is accidentally masturbating.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2017 Argentina Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Amazon. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "New on Netflix Canada (NewOnNetflix.Ca)".
  3. ^ "Desire | Netflix". Netflix. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018.
  4. ^ Sharf, Zack (30 June 2018). "'Desire': Netflix Accused of Streaming Child Pornography". IndieWire. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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