Bruno seems to have the perfect life; outrageously handsome, a successful architect, married with a son, he lives a privileged life in Santiago de Chile. His world is turned upside down when he meets the vibrant Fernando, a tourist guide assigned to help him on a new architecture project.
Their sexual tension is palpable, with Fernando openly pursuing a cautious Bruno, leading to some erotically charged moments in the film’s first act. Yet there’s more than a marriage marking an unspeakable boundary between the two men, as Bruno tries to navigate his own understanding of sexuality in the midst of Fernando’s black and white opinions – he believes there’s gay or straight, and nothing in between.
Director Claudio Marcone follows these two men walking the tenuous line between being a real couple and divided by the complexities of sexuality, filling the screen with cinematography imbued with an intimate softness. The conversations between Bruno and Fernando are beautifully played by the lead actors, in naturalistic performances that are just as much about reading between the lines as in the words they openly exchange. In the Grayscale is a strikingly shot, sensual and tender drama exploring the grey areas between loving men or women, or both.
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