Memories of a Penitent Heart

Movie
TitleMemories of a Penitent Heart
User score

5.6

Release dateApr 15, 2016
GenreDocumentary
DirectorCecilia Aldarondo
Production countryPuerto Rico, United States of America
Production companiesBlackscrackle Films
Run time74 min.

Twenty five years after Miguel died from AIDS, his niece, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, embarks on an excavation into a quagmire of unresolved family drama. Like many gay men in the 1980s, Miguel moved from Puerto Rico to New York City; he found a career in theater and a rewarding relationship. Yet, on his deathbed he grappled to reconcile his homosexuality with his Catholic upbringing. Now, decades after his death, Cecilia locates Miguel’s lover Robert, who has been shunned and demonized by the family, in order to understand the whole story.

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