Stigmates

These are two boys but it could be otherwise.

Free, carefree, how will they handle the arrival of a third protagonist, as invisible as invading?

A parasite. A virus. The virus. Ordinary and terrifying.

A tiny thing that is gradually growing in you and whose arrival fills you with doubts, fears, but also hopes.

The hope of many tomorrows, to be loved, again and despite that. The trauma. Guilt. The treatment. The look of the other.

When abandonment can mean death, when your body changes. So many trials to cross are all pitfalls for the couple to avoid.

Between attraction and repulsion, small deaths and great rebirths, we get up, we adapt.

In an atmosphere that combines sensuality, sexuality, desire and disgust, “Stigmates” tells the story of two humans being where death is never far away, which takes us into the intimacy of a couple through the AIDS trial.