Pedestrian adaptation of the only novel written by Mario Cruz, a little-known work from the 1970s (which I don't know, so I cannot talk about it). The result is a melodrama of sex between inmates, with clichéd situations and lots of nudity, sodomy and erections, and with allusions to the days of Salvador Allende, just because: you just change the bell-bottoms and it can be anytime, anywhere.
The worst is the ill-advised choice of Alfredo Castro as The Stallion, who changes partners at his whim and seduces the young inmate that has just arrived in his cell. Castro is a good actor... but a "stallion"...? It would have been more convincing if the character's name was " Old Goat ". Gastón Pauls would have seem a better choice for the role.
P. S. The film includes the last film performance by the beautiful Lucas Balmaceda as El Rucio, before becoming Lux Pascal, equally pretty as a girl. But Lucas was very handsome... I don't understand those "transformations".
Plot summary
Chile 1970, just before the elections bringing Allende to power: Jaime, a narcissistic 20 year old, kills out of jealousy a guy known as The Gypsy, his till-then best friend. In prison he has a definitive encounter with "the Stallion", an older man who inspires respect and holds the power behind bars. Searching for protection, Jaime develops with the man a relationship of affection and tenderness, discovers love and the need to be recognized, and later, becoming "The Prince", finally rethink his sexual identity, and the reason for the crime that took him to prison.
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Is There a Stallion in the House?
A Story Of Lust, Crime and Situational Sex
When Jaime kills his best friend (who he lusted after) in a fit of rage, he is sent to a prison which was terrible in its own right. Placed in a cell with four others, he is forced to sleep with the Stallion (who is the boss in this cell and who tied to the most powerful prisoner in the place) Forced sex happens in this prison so is accepted. Now called the Prince he slowly changes over time to become very strong. The deleted scenes are very explicit. Life goes on even if in prison.
Total fking gut punch
This movie is powerful and just brings you everything from tears and heartbreak to some serious wish fulfillment. Showing people who aren't 'good' by anyone's standards, but a real insight into the way crimes come from a place of pain and feeling like you're the only one alone and not accepted.