Dependencia Sexual ( Sexual Dependency )

Bolivian director Rodrigo Bellot's Sexual Dependency is an ambitious and intricate debut. Director scrutinizes the sexual initiation of five young people. Using a split screen throughout, the five stories are interwoven through a series of fictional underwear advertisements.
Starting in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, "My Baby Is a Woman Now" is about teenaged Jessica (Alexandra Aponte) losing her virginity. "You Damn Whore" is about teenaged Sebastian (Roberto Urbina) visiting a brothel. "The Bluest Eyes" follows macho Choco (Jorge Antonio Saavedra) on his last night in Bolivia before he goes to the U.S. Changing the setting to a New York university, "Mirrors" concerns the rape of African-American woman Adinah (Ronica V. Reddick) . "Angels and Billboards" involves the gang rape of a gay football player (Matthew Guida).