“300 Letters”

Directed by: Lucas Santa Ana

Starring: Cristian Mariani, Gaston Frias, Bruno Giganti, Jorje Thefs

Plot: “300 Letters” follows Jero and Tom, a young gay couple that everyone wants to be. On the day of the first anniversary of their meeting, Jero returns home to find that Tom has abandoned him, leaving him a box of 300 letters as his only explanation.

Review:

The film starts out as your typical rom com..until it’s not. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Anti-Rom Com before. But here we are!

Jero thinks everyone is going great between him and Tom but he receives a box with, you guessed it, 300 letters in it. The movie goes back and forth brilliantly between vignettes of a depressed and confused Jero to “happier times” when he was with Tom.

The tell of a true actor is whether they can make you hate them. Gaston Frias succeeds in that area as Tom. Each time Jero opens a letter I cringe because it reveals how much more of an asshole Tom was to him.

I have to say it’s refreshing being sent Gay cinema in the Fall and not just during Pride month. There’s been a lack of truly great LGBTQ cinema lately. But this FINALLY breaks that streak.

*** out of *****

“300 Letters” is now available to RENT on Apple TV, YouTube, Prime, and Google Play!