In a remote Chilean town, young Lidia grows up in a queer household as fear and violence erupt over a mythical illness spread by men's gaze.

Set in a remote Chilean mining town in 1982, Diego Céspedes' dazzling debut feature follows young Lidia, who grows up within a vibrant queer household led by drag performers and trans women. When a mysterious illness--rumored to spread through the gaze between men--sows fear and hysteria, the community becomes the target of suspicion and violence. Through Lidia's eyes, Céspedes crafts a haunting allegory of love, myth, and prejudice that reimagines the early AIDS era as a queer western with poetic intimacy and desert-dry surrealism.


Chile's Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards® for Best International Feature Film and winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo recalls the emotional vibrancy of Almodóvar and continues Chile's proud legacy of queer cinema--marking Céspedes as one of the most exciting new voices in world cinema.

Media

Bonus Materials

• Theatrical Trailer
• Other Trailers
• Spanish Language 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
• English & French Subtitles
• Region-A Locked

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Tamara Cortes
•       Matías Catalán
•       Paula Dinamarca
•       Pedro Muñoz

Director: Diego Céspedes

Additional Details

Label: Altered Innocence

Genre: Gay/Lesbian

Language: Spanish

Run Time: 108 mins

Region: 1

Release Date: 04/07/26

UPC: 688187004921