Ausente (film)

Ausente English translation and title Absent is a 2011 Spanishlanguage drama film directed by Argentine director Marco Berger. The film tackles the notion of sexual abuse of students, but director Marco Berger flips the dynamic. In this film, a young man wants to lure his teacher into a sexual relationship, rather than the other way round i.e. where an older individual in a position of authority or trust becomes infatuated with a minor and lures the minor into a sexual relationship.

The director is vague on certain plot points. In the last images, for example, there is a shot of Sebastin gently kissing Martin on the lips. It is not clear whether this actually happened or only occurred in Sebastins imagination. It is also unclear whether Martin accidentally fell to his death, or whether it was suicide, driven by Sebastins rejection. The viewer is kept contemplating if a romantic relationship had occurred, and if it did, if it is immoral in itself regardless of consent.Read in newspaper reports as child abuse cases. They also praised Javier De Pietro for his candid role as Martn. ........

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