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Aitana, Pierrick, Rita and Jorge are all in their twenties and all look for ways to make their nights in the city of Madrid a little less lonely. Aitana is a sweet girl trapped in a men’s body; Pierrick is a cute French gay; Rita doesn't much care about her partner, Carolina, and walks through life with no expectations; Jorge is trapped in a relationship with no future: the one he has with Maria. Set against a background of drugs, sex, multiple partners and differing sexualities, Longing Nights follows the individual stories of these young people. A candid portrait of four relationships highly loaded with eroticism from beginning to end. Four stories told without no borders between fiction and reality.

IMDB Rating: 4.2

IMDB Votes: 167

Genere: Drama

Country: Spain, Portugal

Duration: 70 min

Plot tags: sexy, psychological, romantic, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, eros, gay cinema, queer cinema