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Aristotle and Dante Uncover the Secrets of the Universe
Mexican teenagers Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana scout their friendship while struggling with racial and ethnic self, sexuality and family relationships in 1987 El Paso, Texas.Mexican teenagers Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana explore their friendship while struggling with racial and ethnic identity, sexuality and family relationships in 1987 El Paso, Texas.Mexican teenagers Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana explore their friendship while struggling with racial and ethnic identity, sexuality and family relationships in 1987 El Paso, Texas.
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Review of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I am so grateful I got the chance to watch this clip through TIFF's digital screening. I own followed this movie's journey since 2018 and it was surreal to perch and finally relax this story, made so beautifully and with so much love.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Cosmos is tender and real. It doesn't only show the characters, it sees them. It is gorgeously constructed with dreamy cinematogra
ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
Ah, to be young, in love and in denial. Aristotle and Dante Detect the Secrets of the Universe makes as nice a go as it can in adapting Benjamin Alire Saenz's young grown-up novel of Mexican teen boys discovering their lgbtq+ love. It was a nice effort, but it was also sluggish and a bit muddled.
Angel Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza (Max Pelayo) is wandering through being in El Paso, Texas during the summer of 1987. Having nothing to do and nowhere to go, he struggles with his fear of swimming when he meets Dante Quintana (Reece Gonzalez). Dante, sole scion of a more intellectual couple, is proudly pocho (someone of Mexican descent who knows little to no Spanish). Aristotle, however, is more working-class and in feel with his heritage. Despite their disparate backgrounds, a friendship develops.
It may be more than a friendship, at least initially from Dante. A car accident causes Ari to sustain injuries saving Dante, who had gotten distracted by an injured bird on the road. Dante's family moves to Chicago for Mr. Quintana's job, with them maintaining their friendship via letters. The letters become more overt f