Lalo (32) lives in Oaxaca, a mountainous city in southern Mexico, where he works in a lathe factory. He is also a sexual influencer and has recently discovered that he is HIV positive.
None of his family members are aware. Lalo spends his time creating different characters.
He auditions for a porn film. “Why do you want to do pornography?” they ask.
“Because I like to be seen.”
PORNOMELANCHOLIA reflects on the limits of intimacy in a time when life and subjectivity have become a spectacle for the gaze of others.