# Leo's Room

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{{Short description|2009 Uruguayan film}}

'''Leo's Room''' (in Spanish: El Cuarto De Leo) is a 2009 [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)an film about a young man coming to terms with his self and sexual identity. Enrique Buchichio directed the film, and Martín Rodríguez starred as Leo.

In the film, Leo meets an acquaintance from school, Caro. He then develops a relationship with a much more confident young man named Seba.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Sánchez González|first=Darío|date=2014|title=Maricas de etiqueta: Identidad Gay en el cine reciente de españa y el cono sur|degree=Ph.D. |chapter=En Chueca, su vida no estará hueca|publisher=[Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey](/source/Rutgers%2C_The_State_University_of_New_Jersey)|doi=10.7282/T3VD713D}}</ref> Throughout, his small room serves as a refuge, a place of limited privacy, and a metaphor for his reclusive lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leo's Room (El Cuarto De Leo)|url=http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/leos_room.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105153057/http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/leos_room.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 5, 2010|website=[Global Film Initiative](/source/Global_Film_Initiative)|accessdate=2 October 2019}}</ref>

Venkatesh called the film a "fascinating though slow portal into the protagonist's grappling with sexuality."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Venkatesh|first1=Vinodh|title=New Maricón Cinema: Outing Latin American Film|date=2016|publisher=[University of Texas Press](/source/University_of_Texas_Press)|isbn=9781477310144|page=195|chapter=Closing notes on a very open field}}</ref>

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Category:Uruguayan LGBTQ-related films
Category:LGBTQ-related coming-of-age drama films
Category:2009 films
Category:2009 LGBTQ-related films
Category:Films set in Montevideo
Category:2000s LGBTQ-related drama films
Category:2000s Uruguayan films
Category:2009 drama films
Category:Uruguayan coming-of-age films
Category:Uruguayan drama films

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