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Rotacismo (2025)

Name: Rotacismo
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2025-12-06T18:05:23+01:00

Documentary | 84 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Biography

Duration: 84 minuten

Alternative title: The Broken R

Country: Ecuador / Italy

Directed by: Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

Rotacismo plot

Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren, like his father, has Treacher Collins Syndrome. This genetically transmitted facial condition gives him a different appearance and led him to remain silent. At home, there was little conversation. Not about the family's condition, but also not about the fact that he is gay. In the documentary, Ricardo returns to his childhood home. It's still quiet at the kitchen table. He observes his parents with his camera, sometimes even secretly. In voice-over, he talks about a childhood dominated by rejection and surgeries, and about the complex relationship with his parents.