By :Billy Gil | Posted: 04 Feb 2010
bgil@questex.com,

Wolfe Releasing has acquired the rights to Contracorriente (The Undertow), winner of the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Feature at this year’s festival. The film comes from writer/director Javier Fuentes-Leõn, about a married fisherman in a small Peruvian village hiding his love for another man.
 
“We are thrilled to represent this touching story,” said Wolfe Releasing president Maria Lynn. “We are confident that all audiences will love this haunting and beautifully crafted film about forbidden love within the traditions of a small town.”

The film stars Cristian Mercado, Tatiana Astengo and Manolo Cardona as the lover. Cardono stars in the awesomely titled Telemundo series “Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso” (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise) and also was in Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
 
Wolfe will screen the film at both mainstream and gay venues, including at film festivals, and on DVD, VOD and television, with a possible theatrical release

Props to Wolfe for continuing to release quality gay and lesbian films.