{{short description|2019 Chilean film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Strong Ones | image = File:Los Fuertes 2019 poster.jpg | caption = Chilean theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Los fuertes}} | director = Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo | producer = {{Plainlist| * Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo * José Luis Rivas }} | writer = Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo | starring = {{Plainlist| * Samuel González * Antonio Altamirano }} | music = Sokio | cinematography = Nicolás Ibieta | editing = Carolina Marín | studio = {{Plainlist| * Cinestación * Terranova }} | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2019|10|7|Valdivia|2020|3|12|Chile|df=yes}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = Chile | language = Spanish | gross = }}
'''''The Strong Ones''''' (Spanish: ''Los fuertes'') is a 2019 Chilean film directed by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo and starring Samuel González and Antonio Altamirano.
The movie is based on the original short film '''''San Cristóbal''''', winner of the Teddy Award 2015 in the Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teddy Winner 2015|url=https://blog.teddyaward.tv/en/2015/02/13/teddy-winner-2015/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Premio Teddy|language=en-US}}</ref> González and Altamirano, the protagonists in the short film, reprised their roles in the full-length film.
''The Strong Ones'' was released in 2019 as the opening film of the Valdivia International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2019|title=Catálogo FIC 2019|url=https://ficvaldivia.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CATA%CC%81LOGO-FICVALDIVIA-2019_WEB.pdf|format=PDF|journal=Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> Then, it participated in several international festivals like OutFest and Mardi Gras Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-17|title=Película "Los fuertes": una intensa historia de amor filmada en el sur de Chile|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2020/02/17/pelicula-los-fuertes-una-intensa-historia-de-amor-filmada-en-el-sur-de-chile/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=El Mostrador|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Los fuertes|url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/los-fuertes/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Cinechile|language=es}}</ref> It received theatrical release on 12 March 2020 in Chile; however, the COVID-19 pandemic suspended most cinemas a few days later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-10|title=Omar Zúñiga, director de "Los Fuertes": "La película habla de un Chile nuevo, en el que todos nos podemos sentir conectados con ese amor"|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2020/04/10/omar-zuniga-director-de-los-fuertes-la-pelicula-habla-de-una-chile-nuevo-en-el-que-todos-nos-podemos-sentir-conectados-con-ese-amor/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=El Mostrador|language=es}}</ref> Finally, it was released for free in the Ondamedia streaming platform on 21 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-14|title=Ondamedia estrenará 15 películas chilenas completamente gratis|url=https://finde.latercera.com/cultura-pop/ondamedia-estrenara-peliculas-chilenas/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Finde|language=es-CL}}</ref>
The movie was filmed in the city of Valdivia and neighboring Niebla, where an old Spanish fortress is used as background for the romance between the two protagonists. ''Los fuertes'', the original name in Spanish, is a pun using the plural of ''fuerte'', which can mean "strong" and "fortress".{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
== Plot == Lucas (played by Samuel González) travels to Niebla, a town in southern Chile, to visit his sister Carolina (played by Marcela Salinas) before leaving for Montreal, where he has received a scholarship for postgraduate studies. While in Niebla, Lucas befriends and falls in love with Antonio (played by Antonio Altamirano), a fisherman and part-time actor who reenacts the historical capture of Valdivia's fortresses.
== Cast == [[File:Soldiers_in_Niebla.jpg|thumb|Actors representing Chilean soldiers in a historical reenactment in Niebla, as Antonio does in the film]]
* Samuel González - Lucas, an architect from Santiago that receives a scholarship in Montreal, Canada. Lucas and his conservative parents are estranged due to Lucas's homosexuality. * Antonio Altamirano - Antonio Galindo, a young fisherman from Niebla. He also acts as a Chilean soldier in historical reenactments of the Capture of Valdivia for tourists visiting the town's fortress. * Marcela Salinas - Catalina, Lucas' sister. She works as a dentist at the hospital in Niebla. * Gabriela Fernández - Adriana, Antonio's grandmother and guardian after the death of his parents. * Rafael Contreras - Martín, Catalina's partner. * Nicolás Corales - Roca, Antonio's shipmate. * Reynaldo Pacheco – Nimbles.<ref name="source11">{{cite news |last1=Tedesco |first1=Marcela |title=Actor Reynaldo Pacheco: Los contenidos más vistos y más distribuidos ya no se filman en Los Ángeles ni son en inglés |url=https://www.produ.com/television/noticias/actor-reynaldo-pacheco-los-contenidos-mas-vistos-y-mas-distribuidos-ya-no-se-filman-en-los-angeles-ni-son-en-ingles/ |access-date=22 August 2025 |work=PRODU |date=8 August 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
== See also ==
* LGBT rights in Chile * List of LGBT-related films
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.cinestacion.cl/film/los-fuertes Official site] * {{IMDb title|9187214}} * [https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/los-fuertes/ ''Los fuertes''] en CineChile
{{Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Strong Ones}} Category:Chilean LGBTQ-related films Category:Chilean drama films Category:2019 films Category:2019 Spanish-language films Category:2019 LGBTQ-related films Category:2019 drama films