Sabor tropical

Sex-charged journalist Brian is chosen by an online publication to travel to Panama and document one of Latin America s premier festival celebrations Carnaval de Las Tablas. Dangers lurk for foreigners, and caught up in the carnival madness, Brian's outgoing manners suddenly place him in situations of both desperation and violence. Things are not what he expected when Brian sets out to meet his online hook-ups. A surprising relationship ensues and his fluid sexuality flows with a jagged edge in this tropical, rum soaked drama.

Cast

Matthew Leitch

as Brian

Jose Rosete

as Manos

Jorge Ameer

as Jorge

Jean Carlos London

as Jean Carlos

Torie Tyson

as Claudia

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