Don't Tell Anyone

Don't Tell Anyone

Lima's most scandalous story

Directed by Francisco J. Lombardi

Produced by Inca Films S.A.

1998103 min5.8 / 10

A darkly comedic, character-driven portrait of a young Peruvian man's struggle with identity, family pressure, and addiction across formative life stages.

Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish father, then as an independent lazy pot-smoking college student, and later as a cocaine addict in Lima and Miami.

Questions people ask

  • Is Don't Tell Anyone sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does Don't Tell Anyone end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Don't Tell Anyone violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Don't Tell Anyone easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Don't Tell Anyone scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity60

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Love15

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