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If you're looking for the trope, you want TimeForPlanB.
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If you're looking for the trope, you want TimeForPlanB. Also not to be confused with the 2021 Teen Comedy [[Film/PlanB2021 of the same name]].
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Between Bruno, his ex-girlfriend Laura and her new boyfriend Pablo. [[spoiler: As Bruno tries to win her back, he and Pablo eventually fall for each other instead.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Throughout the entire film, Laura has been cheating on Pablo with Bruno behind his back. She also apparently cheated on Bruno at least once while they were together.
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* PunBasedTitle: In Spanish, "bi" is pronounced identically to the letter B which means that "Plan B" can also be read as "Plan Bi(sexual)". Unfortunately, this pun doesn't work in English where "bi" is pronounced like "bye" instead and the scene where the characters point out the pun was left out of the final cut of the film, making the title's double meaning LostInTranslation for English viewers.
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* BettyAndVeronica: There are ''three'' cases of this, one for each leg of the TriangRelations:
** The most conventional one is Laura dating sweet, sensitive Pablo but falling back into bed with the cockier and more macho Bruno.
** The one Bruno is deliberately setting up is Pablo becoming conflicted between his girlfriend Laura who's the 'safe' heteronormative choice and his new friend Bruno who's the alluring but less societally acceptable choice.
** Last but not least, the one Bruno didn't foresee happening was [[spoiler:himself becoming increasingly torn between the ex-girlfriend he wanted to win back and the male friend he went from only pretending to like to being genuinely in love with. It's a bit less clear in this case who the Betty and Veronica are: Pablo's gender makes him the 'wrong' choice for a man who thinks of himself as straight, but his NiceGuy personality fits the Betty role better than Laura's]].
** The most conventional one is Laura dating sweet, sensitive Pablo but falling back into bed with the cockier and more macho Bruno.
** The one Bruno is deliberately setting up is Pablo becoming conflicted between his girlfriend Laura who's the 'safe' heteronormative choice and his new friend Bruno who's the alluring but less societally acceptable choice.
** Last but not least, the one Bruno didn't foresee happening was [[spoiler:himself becoming increasingly torn between the ex-girlfriend he wanted to win back and the male friend he went from only pretending to like to being genuinely in love with. It's a bit less clear in this case who the Betty and Veronica are: Pablo's gender makes him the 'wrong' choice for a man who thinks of himself as straight, but his NiceGuy personality fits the Betty role better than Laura's]].
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Dewicking per TRS decision.
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* BiTheWay: Pablo. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope It turns out]] he was lying about having once slept with a man, [[ZigzaggedTrope but]] he admits that the idea of it appealed to him.]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Enough to make Bruno throw up. "[[spoiler:All of a sudden, you like guys?]]"
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Enough to make Bruno throw up. When Victor asks Bruno, "[[spoiler:All of a sudden, you like guys?]]"guys?]]", the next shot is of Bruno puking violently into a toilet.
* ChekhovsGun: Pablo mentions losing his wallet at one point. [[spoiler:The wallet ends up being the catalyst for him and Bruno reconciling after their falling-out when Bruno finds it and returns it to him.]]
* FemaleGaze: Or Queer Male Gaze, considering that the director is a gay man. Laura, despite being desired by both Bruno and Pablo, gets virtually no fanservicey scenes and is always fully-clothed or covered up by blankets even when she's just had sex with one of the guys. Bruno and Pablo, in stark contrast, get multiple {{Shirtless Scene}}s and never seem to have any blankets available when they sleep next to each other in just their underwear.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bruno and Pablo give off this vibe, with Pablo likening Bruno to a 12-year-old friend he doesn't want to share with his girlfriend or other people. [[spoiler: Until they start giving off less-than-platonic vibes, that is.]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bruno and Pablo give off this vibe, with Pablo likening Bruno to a 12-year-old friend he doesn't want to share with his girlfriend or other people. [[spoiler: Until Subverted when they start giving off realize they have less-than-platonic vibes, feelings for each other that is.they can't keep pretending aren't there.]]
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** Bruno plans to win back Laura by getting Pablo to fall in love with him and dump Laura for him. [[spoiler:His plan ultimately fails because ''he'' falls in love with Pablo and ends up dumping Laura for him]].
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** Bruno plans to win back Laura by getting Pablo to fall in love with him and dump Laura for him. [[spoiler:His plan ultimately fails because ''he'' falls in love with Pablo and ends up dumping Laura for him]]. In general, the entire plot of [[spoiler:two men who both lie about being attracted to other men ending up becoming attracted to each other for real]] falls under this.
* NoBisexuals: [[ZigzaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. It initially seems clear that Pablo is bisexual since he's slept with both women and men, but [[spoiler:he turns out to have lied about having once slept with a man because he wanted to appear more modern]]. However, [[spoiler:even though the film never explicitly labels Pablo or Bruno's sexualities and leaves it ambiguous if their feelings for each other are because or [[IfItsYouItsOkay in spite of]] their gender, it ''does'' make it completely unambiguous that they're in love with each other romantically and sexually and their previous relationships with women does not make their love any less meaningful or genuine]].
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* RomanticFalseLead: Bruno initially views Pablo as this to Laura, but [[spoiler:Laura turns out to be one for both him and Pablo]].
* SadTimesMontage: Happens after [[spoiler:Pablo breaks off his friendship with Bruno, which leads into several solo scenes of them staring miserably off into the distance while clearly missing each other]].
* SadTimesMontage: Happens after [[spoiler:Pablo breaks off his friendship with Bruno, which leads into several solo scenes of them staring miserably off into the distance while clearly missing each other]].
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* RomanticFalseLead: Bruno initially views Pablo as this to Laura, but [[spoiler:Laura Laura. [[spoiler:It turns out to be one for both him and Pablo]].
more the other way around: Laura is Pablo's Romantic False Lead ''and'' Bruno's.]]
* SadTimesMontage: Happens after [[spoiler:Pablo breaks off his friendship with Bruno, which leads into several solo scenes of them staring miserably off into the distance while clearly missing eachother]].other and also a long, silent montage of the deserted places they used to hang out together at just before their reunion scene]].
* SadTimesMontage: Happens after [[spoiler:Pablo breaks off his friendship with Bruno, which leads into several solo scenes of them staring miserably off into the distance while clearly missing each
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* SeinfeldianConversation: Most of Bruno and Pablo's conversations are like this, especially the conversation they have about their favorite childhood toys and memories.
* ShowerScene: Bruno and Pablo are shown showering in adjacent stalls at the gym shortly after [[spoiler:Pablo breaks off their friendship, highlighting how close and yet how far apart they are from each other]].
* ShowerScene: Bruno and Pablo are shown showering in adjacent stalls at the gym shortly after [[spoiler:Pablo breaks off their friendship, highlighting how close and yet how far apart they are from each other]].
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Bruno does this twice towards Pablo. The first time, he says it in an almost cavalier manner that gives off the vibe that he still believes he's just doing it for his initial goal of driving Pablo away from Laura. The second time, he says it in a much more vulnerable and sincere manner after he realizes that he really does love Pablo.]]
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Bruno does this twice towards Pablo. The first time, it's ambiguous if he says really meant it in an almost cavalier manner that gives off the vibe that he still believes he's or was just doing it for as part of his initial goal of driving plan to drive Pablo away from Laura. Laura, but him needing several minutes to work up enough courage to get the words out heavily implies that he did mean it even if he was in denial at that time. The second time, he says does it in a much more vulnerable and sincere manner after he realizes having gone through a lot of anguish about his feelings for Pablo and it's clear that he really does love Pablo.mean every word of it.]]
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* ItDoesntMeanAnything: Bruno and Pablo play off their first two kisses as just GayBravado done to amuse their friend Ana and their third kiss as just practice to help Bruno for an acting role that will not affect their friendship in any way. There's also the larger example of Bruno justifying his increasingly homoerotic interactions with Pablo as all just part of his Plan B; he's going to all this effort to kiss and seduce him not because he's actually attracted to him but because he just wants to get his girlfriend back... right?
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* FalseFriend: Bruno to Pablo, at first.
* ManChild: Bruno, to a degree. He reminisces about his childhood days and the toys he liked the best in several conversations with Pablo and some of his interactions with Pablo, such as comparing heights with him, feel a bit like a child teasing a schoolyard friend. It's also implied that one of the reasons it takes him so long to make a real effort to "seduce" Pablo [[spoiler:or realize that he's in love with him]] is that he doesn't want to give up the feeling of being an innocent 12-year-old boy again with him for something more adult and complicated.
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* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Laura, to both Bruno and Pablo.]]
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* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Laura, to both Bruno initially views Pablo as this to Laura, but [[spoiler:Laura turns out to be one for both him and Pablo.]]Pablo]].
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* SleepCute: Bruno unconsciously snuggles closer to Pablo while they're sleeping in the same bed as their friends. He also rolls over to nuzzle his face into Pablo's pillow after Pablo leaves their shared bed on more than one occasion.
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* SleepCute: Bruno unconsciously puts an arm around Pablo and snuggles closer to Pablo him while they're sleeping in the same bed as their friends. He also rolls over to nuzzle his face into Pablo's pillow after Pablo leaves their shared bed on more than one occasion.
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* DoubleEntendre: After Pablo tells Bruno that the toy he'd like to be is a beach bucket and shovel because you can "fill it with many things", Bruno tells him in a later scene that if he could be any mineral, he'd be sand, and adds a cheeky, "[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Get it?]]"
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* DoubleEntendre: After Pablo tells Bruno that the toy he'd like to be is a beach bucket and shovel because you can "fill it yourself with many things", Bruno tells him in a later scene that if he could be any mineral, he'd be sand, and adds a cheeky, cheeky "[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Get it?]]"it?]]" while gesturing at the bucket and shovel Pablo bought for him.
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* GenreShift: RomanticComedy --> BromanticComedy --> QueerRomanceThe film starts out as mainly a BromanticComedy, but around the halfway mark the comedic scenes pretty much stop entirely [[spoiler:as the bromance reveals its true colors as a [[WillTheyOrWontThey will-they-or-won't-they]] QueerRomance]].
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* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Ana clearly thinks so, and according to her she doesn't shy away from playing up [[GirlOnGirlIsHot the opposite]], either.
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** Bruno plans to win back Laura by getting Pablo to fall in love with him and dump Laura for him, [[spoiler:only for his plan to fail because ''he'' falls in love with Pablo and ends up dumping Laura for him]].
** [[DramaticIrony Dramatic]] variant: Veronica listens sympathetically to Pablo's confession that he's interested in a male friend and encourages him to see where his feelings lead him. She then [[spoiler:tells him that Laura is sleeping with an ex named Bruno who hates him and would do anything to get her back, completely unaware that Pablo's friend and Laura's ex are one and the same and that she just dropped the emotional equivalent of a 100-lb torpedo on Pablo]].
** [[DramaticIrony Dramatic]] variant: Veronica listens sympathetically to Pablo's confession that he's interested in a male friend and encourages him to see where his feelings lead him. She then [[spoiler:tells him that Laura is sleeping with an ex named Bruno who hates him and would do anything to get her back, completely unaware that Pablo's friend and Laura's ex are one and the same and that she just dropped the emotional equivalent of a 100-lb torpedo on Pablo]].
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** Bruno plans to win back Laura by getting Pablo to fall in love with him and dump Laura for him, [[spoiler:only for his him. [[spoiler:His plan to fail ultimately fails because ''he'' falls in love with Pablo and ends up dumping Laura for him]].
** [[DramaticIrony Dramatic]] variant:Veronica listens sympathetically to Pablo's confession The way Pablo eventually learns about Bruno's plan. [[spoiler:He tells his friend Verónica that he's interested in attracted to a male friend "male friend" of his and she encourages him to see where his feelings lead him. She then [[spoiler:tells him, assuring him that he shouldn't feel bad if he decides to leave Laura is sleeping for his friend because she's been cheating on him with an ex named Bruno who hates him Pablo and would do anything to get her back, back -- completely unaware that Pablo's Bruno is also the male friend and Laura's ex are one and the same Pablo likes and that she just dropped the emotional equivalent of a 100-lb torpedo on Pablo]].Pablo.]]
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** Pablo's comparison of his relationship with Bruno to a friendship between 12-year-old boys who don't want to share each other with other people gets a more somber echo when he tells Bruno, "We're not 12 years old anymore" after [[spoiler:he tries and fails to have sex with Bruno after learning about his plan]].
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** Pablo's comparison of his relationship with Bruno to a friendship between 12-year-old boys who don't want to share each other with other people gets a more somber echo when he tells Bruno, "We're not 12 years old anymore" old" after [[spoiler:he tries and fails to have sex with Bruno after learning about his plan]].
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Bruno and Laura's affair, while not exactly condoned by the film's narrative given how sad Pablo becomes when he finally learns about it, isn't really demonized either with the implication that it's largely a casual thing between two people who aren't as certain about what/who they really want as they act in a culture that has a pretty laissez faire attitude towards that kind of thing and it's not the film's main focus.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Towards the end of the film, immediately after Victor [[spoiler: asks Bruno [[WhamLine "All of a sudden, you like guys?"]], the scene cuts to a shocked Bruno running to the bathroom to vomit. He misses the toilet bowl and it lands on the toilet seat.]]
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Towards the end of the film, immediately after Victor [[spoiler: asks Bruno [[WhamLine [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "All of a sudden, you like guys?"]], the scene cuts to a shocked Bruno running to the bathroom to vomit. He misses the toilet bowl and it lands on the toilet seat.]]
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Bruno's initial plan to seduce Laura away from Pablo fails but when he catches Pablo [[LongingLook staring]] at him at the gym and hears from a friend that Pablo once slept with another man, he hatches a "Plan B" to make Pablo leave Laura: befriend him and get him to fall for him. [[ASimplePlan Entanglements and complications ensue.]]
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Bruno's initial plan to seduce Laura away from Pablo fails but when he catches Pablo [[LongingLook staring]] at him at the gym and hears from a friend that Pablo once slept with another man, he hatches a "Plan B" to make Pablo leave Laura: befriend him and get him to fall for him.seduce ''him'' instead. [[ASimplePlan Entanglements and complications ensue.]]
* FacialDialogue: Some of the film's most emotionally impactful scenes are done with only the actors' facial expressions and body language cluing the audience into the characters' hidden feelings, including [[spoiler:Pablo's heartbreak after learning about Bruno's plan and the aftermath of their aborted attempt at sex]].
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* TimeForPlanBTimeForPlanB: It's right there in the title.
* TraitorShot: While the audience already knows about Bruno's ulterior motives for befriending Pablo, his facial expression turning devious and him nodding smugly to himself when Pablo leaves him alone in his bedroom reads very much like one. It's also a set-up for showing how Bruno's facial expressions when Pablo's not looking [[BecomingTheMask become progressively less smug and more uncertain]] the more time he spends with Pablo.
* TraitorShot: While the audience already knows about Bruno's ulterior motives for befriending Pablo, his facial expression turning devious and him nodding smugly to himself when Pablo leaves him alone in his bedroom reads very much like one. It's also a set-up for showing how Bruno's facial expressions when Pablo's not looking [[BecomingTheMask become progressively less smug and more uncertain]] the more time he spends with Pablo.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Enough to make Pablo throw up. "All of a sudden you like guys?".
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Enough to make Pablo Bruno throw up. "All "[[spoiler:All of a sudden sudden, you like guys?".guys?]]"
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** As Bruno jealously sizes up his ex's new boyfriend, there's a shot of the boyfriend [[VisualInnuendo holding his large camera next to his crotch]].
** Pablo keeping his close relationship with Bruno a complete secret from his girlfriend. He frames it as Bruno being like a 12-year-old friend that he wants to keep to himself, but the parallels between it and a closeted man having a secret gay affair are unmistakable.
** As Bruno jealously sizes up his ex's new boyfriend, there's a shot of the boyfriend [[VisualInnuendo holding his large camera next to his crotch]].
** Pablo keeping his close relationship with Bruno a complete secret from his girlfriend. He frames it as Bruno being like a 12-year-old friend that he wants to keep to himself, but the parallels between it and a closeted man having a secret gay affair are unmistakable.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Pablo initially refuses to kiss Bruno for "acting practice" because he fears that he'll lose Bruno as a friend if their kiss ends up feeling 'different'. Bruno assures him that won't happen, but that doesn't stop things from becoming noticeably awkward between them immediately after the kiss.
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** Bruno plans to win back Laura by getting Pablo to fall in love with him and dump Laura for him, [[spoiler:only for his plan to fail because ''he'' falls in love with Pablo and ends up dumping Laura for him]].
** [[DramaticIrony Dramatic]] variant: Veronica listens sympathetically to Pablo's confession that he's interested in a male friend and encourages him to see where his feelings lead him. She then [[spoiler:tells him that Laura is sleeping with an ex named Bruno who hates him and would do anything to get her back, completely unaware that Pablo's friend and Laura's ex are one and the same and that she just dropped the emotional equivalent of a 100-lb torpedo on Pablo]].
** Bruno plans to win back Laura by getting Pablo to fall in love with him and dump Laura for him, [[spoiler:only for his plan to fail because ''he'' falls in love with Pablo and ends up dumping Laura for him]].
** [[DramaticIrony Dramatic]] variant: Veronica listens sympathetically to Pablo's confession that he's interested in a male friend and encourages him to see where his feelings lead him. She then [[spoiler:tells him that Laura is sleeping with an ex named Bruno who hates him and would do anything to get her back, completely unaware that Pablo's friend and Laura's ex are one and the same and that she just dropped the emotional equivalent of a 100-lb torpedo on Pablo]].
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* PrettyBoy: Pablo, despite having more PermaStubble than the typical pretty boy. Bruno refers to him as "beautiful" during his GayBravado scenes with him and half-jokingly asks Laura if he thinks Pablo is prettier than him.
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* PrettyBoy: Pablo, despite having more PermaStubble than the typical pretty boy. Bruno refers to him as "beautiful" during his GayBravado scenes with him and half-jokingly asks Laura if he she thinks Pablo is prettier than him.
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''Plan B'' is a Argentinean comedy-drama film by writer-director Marco Berger. Bruno, a young bohemian living in Buenos Aires, learns that his ex-girlfriend Laura is happily with a photographer named Pablo and becomes jealous enough to begin searching for ways to win her back. His initial plan to sleep with Laura and convince her to break up with Pablo fails but after catching Pablo [[LongingLook staring]] at him at the gym and hearing from a mutual friend that Pablo once slept with another man, he hatches a "Plan B" to break up him and Laura: befriend Pablo and get him to fall for him. [[ASimplePlan Entanglements and complications ensue.]]
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''Plan B'' is a Argentinean comedy-drama film by writer-director Marco Berger. Bruno, a young bohemian living in Buenos Aires, learns that his ex-girlfriend Laura is happily with a photographer named Pablo and becomes jealous enough to begin searching for ways to win her back. His back.
Bruno's initial plan tosleep with seduce Laura and convince her to break up with away from Pablo fails but after catching when he catches Pablo [[LongingLook staring]] at him at the gym and hearing hears from a mutual friend that Pablo once slept with another man, he hatches a "Plan B" to break up him and make Pablo leave Laura: befriend Pablo him and get him to fall for him. [[ASimplePlan Entanglements and complications ensue.]]
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Bruno and Laura's affair, while not exactly condoned by the film's narrative given how sad Pablo becomes when he finally learns about it, isn't really demonized either with the implication that it's largely a casual thing between two people who aren't as certain about what/who they really want as they act in a culture that has a pretty laissez faire attitude towards that kind of thing and it's not the film's main focus.
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''Plan B'' is a Argentinean comedy-drama film by writer-director Marco Berger. Bruno, a young bohemian living in Buenos Aires, learns that his ex-girlfriend Laura is happily with a photographer named Pablo and becomes jealous enough to begin searching for ways to win her back. When he discovers His initial plan to sleep with Laura and convince her to break up with Pablo fails but after catching Pablo [[LongingLook staring]] at him at the gym and hearing from a mutual friend that Pablo is bisexual, once slept with another man, he hatches a "Plan B" to make him break up with him and Laura: [[FauxYay seduce him]].befriend Pablo and get him to fall for him. [[ASimplePlan Entanglements and complications ensue.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Contrary to the most commonly-given film summary of Laura dumping Bruno, ''Bruno'' was actually the one who ended things between them because he was bored, but seeing her being happy with Pablo makes him jealous enough to revive his attempts to win her back. Laura even points out that he's doing this more out of wounded pride than any actual feelings for her.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Contrary to the most commonly-given film summary of Laura dumping Bruno, ''Bruno'' was actually the one who ended things between them because he was bored, but seeing her being happy with Pablo makes him jealous enough to revive his attempts to win her back. Laura even points out how ridiculous it is that he's doing this more out of wounded pride than any actual feelings for her.he started to try to win her back only after seeing her with another guy.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Pablo initially plays along with Bruno's GayBravado antics in front of their friends, but as he gets increasingly confused about his feelings for Bruno, he starts acting like this in response to Bruno's continued overtures, insisting that he's never thought of guys "that way" even after agreeing to kiss Bruno under incredibly flimsy pretenses.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Pablo initially plays along with Bruno's GayBravado antics in front of their friends, but as he gets increasingly confused about his feelings for Bruno, he starts acting like this in response to Bruno's continued overtures, insisting that he's never thought of guys "that way" making out with another guy even after agreeing to kiss Bruno under incredibly flimsy pretenses.
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** Pablo's comparison of his relationship with Bruno to a friendship between 12-year-old boys who don't want to share each other with other people gets a more somber echo when he tells Bruno, "We're not 12 years old anymore" after [[spoiler:he tries and fails to initiate have sex with Bruno after learning about his plan]].
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Bruno does this twice towards Pablo. The first time, he says it in an almost cavalier manner that gives off the vibe that he still believes he's just doing it for his initial goal of driving Pablo away from Laura. The second time, he says it in a much more vulnerable and sincere manner after he realizes that Laura is no longer the one he wants to be with.]]
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Bruno does this twice towards Pablo. The first time, he says it in an almost cavalier manner that gives off the vibe that he still believes he's just doing it for his initial goal of driving Pablo away from Laura. The second time, he says it in a much more vulnerable and sincere manner after he realizes that Laura is no longer the one he wants to be with.really does love Pablo.]]
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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Bruno and Pablo both joke to their friends that they saw the other man in the shower and found out he was very well-endowed. Since this is just them engaging in GayBravado, we don't learn if it's actually true.
* GambitRoulette: Bruno's Plan B would have fallen apart very quickly if Pablo hadn't decided on his own to not tell Laura about their friendship or if [[spoiler:Laura's photo of Bruno hadn't been labeled with the wrong name]]. Victor even comments that all it would take to sink his plan would be Pablo showing Laura any of the photos he took of Bruno. We're never meant to think of Bruno's plan as particularly clever, though, given that it was an impulsive plan cooked up by a CrazyJealousGuy.
* LongingLook: Pablo giving Bruno what looks like one of these at the gym is what gives Bruno the inspiration for his Plan B, but it's subverted when he explains that he was just puzzled by Bruno's striking resemblance to a French man in one of Laura's photos. [[spoiler:Then it's arguably double-subverted when the ending's PreciousPhoto reveal heavily implies that he had already become attracted to Bruno by that point and was trying to cover it up.]]
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* MistakenForGay: Pablo stares at Bruno so openly during their first encounter in the gym that it drives Bruno to check with a friend to see if Pablo's interested in men, except that it turns out Pablo was just confused by how much Bruno resembled a certain "French man" in one of Laura's photos. [[spoiler:Or was he? He ''did'' keep a photo of Bruno in his wallet and all...]]
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* SarcasticConfession: When Laura -- who doesn't know that Bruno has befriended and plans to seduce her boyfriend -- asks Bruno after one of their trysts what he's thinking about, Bruno replies, "Your boyfriend."
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* HeelRealization: Bruno realizes after [[spoiler:Pablo finds out about his plan and calls off their friendship]] just how stupid and selfish his Plan B was, telling Laura that he can't be with her and that "if I were [Pablo], I'd kick my ass".
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* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Laura, to both Bruno and Pablo.]]
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* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: At the start of the film, Bruno wants to get back together with Laura but Laura adamantly refuses and tells him she's never coming back to him (though she's fine with no-strings-attached sex). By the end of the film, Laura's changed her mind and is willing to get back together with Bruno but he turns her down after realizing that he's no longer in love with her [[spoiler:but with Pablo instead]].
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* AlmostKiss: During [[spoiler:their first attempt to have sex]], Pablo leans in to kiss Bruno but the two of them burst into nervous laughter before he can finish it. There's also a subtler example in an earlier scene where Bruno stands very close to Pablo with the pretense of comparing their heights and a still-sleepy Pablo leans closer to him before Bruno pushes him back; it's easy to miss or overlook because the camera cuts away from their faces for part of this scene, but [[spoiler:Pablo [[MeaningfulEcho echoing]] Bruno's height-comparing pretense just before they kiss in the ending confirms that he knew that earlier scene really had been an almost-kiss one]].
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* BeautifulDreamer: Pablo and Bruno both have scenes of them staring at the other man sleeping in his underwear next to him for far longer than is customary for friends.
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* BeautifulDreamer: Pablo and Bruno both have scenes of them staring at the other man sleeping in his underwear next to him for far for longer than is customary for friends.
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* GayBravado: Bruno and Pablo's flirtations with each other are initially done in a jokey, "hey let's show how macho we are by not freaking out about this kind of stuff" manner. They become distinctly less jokey later on, with [[spoiler:Pablo freaking out when he tries to call Bruno's bluff by having sex with him and Bruno vomiting when his friend points out that it's clear that he's in love with Pablo]]. The director has said that this is a reflection of Argentinean culture where [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed two guys sleeping next to each other in their underwear]] is considered a display of masculinity but actual homosexuality gives them more pause.
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* GayBravado: Bruno and Pablo's flirtations with each other are initially done in a jokey, "hey let's show how macho we are by not freaking out about this kind of stuff" manner. They become distinctly manner with them claiming to be boyfriends and kissing each other in front of their friends. This attitude then becomes deconstructed with them being shown to feel far less jokey later on, with [[spoiler:Pablo freaking out comfortable about the idea of ''actually'' being gay or bi for each other, especially when he tries to call Bruno's bluff by having sex with him and Bruno vomiting when his friend points out that it's clear that he's in love with Pablo]]. they don't have a ready excuse of being drunk or just humoring friends. The director has said in an interview that this is was a reflection of how Argentinean culture where views [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed two guys sleeping next to each other in their underwear]] is considered as a display perfectly normal act of masculinity two guys secure in their heterosexuality but has yet to fully accept actual homosexuality gives them more pause.homosexuality.
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* HilarityEnsues: Noticeably averted, with a "pretend to be gay to have a guy dump your ex-girlfriend" plan that seems ripe for a CrazyEnoughToWork ZanyScheme comedy being used instead to set up a surprisingly insightful exploration of two people gradually discovering that love can work in the strangest of ways.
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* IfItsYouItsOkayIfItsYouItsOkay: [[spoiler:Bruno ends up having this sort of attitude toward his feelings for Pablo, being completely baffled about how he fell in love with another guy but finding himself unable to keep denying his feelings. Pablo experiences a similar confusion about his feelings for Bruno, although unlike Bruno he seems to have at least thought about the possibility of sleeping with other guys before they met.]]
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* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Bruno and Pablo's first kiss occurs when they're really, really drunk and being egged on by their female friend to keep up their GayBravado.
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* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Bruno and Pablo's first kiss occurs few kisses occur when they're really, really drunk and being egged on by their female friend to keep up their GayBravado.
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* MistakenForGay: Pablo stares at Bruno so openly during their first encounter in the gym that it drives Bruno to check with a friend to see if Pablo's interested in men, except that it turns out that Pablo was just confused by how much Bruno resembled a certain "French man" in one of Laura's photos. [[spoiler:Or was he? He ''did'' keep a photo of Bruno in his wallet and all...]]
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* MistakenForGay: Pablo stares at Bruno so openly during their first encounter in the gym that it drives Bruno to check with a friend to see if Pablo's interested in men, except that it turns out that Pablo was just confused by how much Bruno resembled a certain "French man" in one of Laura's photos. [[spoiler:Or was he? He ''did'' keep a photo of Bruno in his wallet and all...]]
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* FauxYay: Bruno's entire scheme hinges on this. [[spoiler:Things go pear-shaped when he realizes that it became not so faux somewhere along the way.]]
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* FauxYay: Bruno's entire scheme hinges on this. [[spoiler:Things go pear-shaped when he realizes that it became not so faux somewhere along the way. Pablo also turns out to be guilty of this trope; he admits that his claim that he once slept with a guy was a lie -- but much like Bruno, he slowly comes to realize that his Faux Yay may not be so faux after all.]]
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* MistakenForGay: Pablo stares at Bruno so openly during their first encounter in the gym that it drives Bruno to check with a friend to see if Pablo's gay, except that it turns out that Pablo was just confused by how much Bruno resembled a certain "French man" in one of Laura's photos. [[spoiler:Or was he? He ''did'' keep a photo of Bruno in his wallet and all...]]
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** Pablo's comparison of his relationship with Bruno to a friendship between 12-year-old boys who don't want to share each other with other people gets a more somber echo when he tells Bruno, "We're not 12 years old anymore" after [[spoiler:he tries and fails to initiate sex with Bruno after learning about his plan]].
** In a scene where Bruno and Pablo are standing close to each other, it looks like Bruno might kiss Pablo but he instead makes a "Which one of us is taller?" joke and hand gesture. In the ending scene, Pablo teasingly tells Bruno, "Let's see who's taller," with the same hand gesture Bruno used before [[spoiler:they have their first proper, no-alcohol-or-excuses-involved kiss]].
* MistakenForGay: Pablo stares at Bruno so openly during their first encounter in the gym that it drives Bruno to check with a friend to see if Pablo'sgay, interested in men, except that it turns out that Pablo was just confused by how much Bruno resembled a certain "French man" in one of Laura's photos. [[spoiler:Or was he? He ''did'' keep a photo of Bruno in his wallet and all...]]
** Pablo's comparison of his relationship with Bruno to a friendship between 12-year-old boys who don't want to share each other with other people gets a more somber echo when he tells Bruno, "We're not 12 years old anymore" after [[spoiler:he tries and fails to initiate sex with Bruno after learning about his plan]].
** In a scene where Bruno and Pablo are standing close to each other, it looks like Bruno might kiss Pablo but he instead makes a "Which one of us is taller?" joke and hand gesture. In the ending scene, Pablo teasingly tells Bruno, "Let's see who's taller," with the same hand gesture Bruno used before [[spoiler:they have their first proper, no-alcohol-or-excuses-involved kiss]].
* MistakenForGay: Pablo stares at Bruno so openly during their first encounter in the gym that it drives Bruno to check with a friend to see if Pablo's
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* PracticeKiss: Bruno claims that he got an acting gig that requires him to kiss another guy and he wants to practice kissing with Pablo beforehand. Pablo protests against doing it for a while but eventually gives in, and there's a long moment of awkward silence between the two of them after they get a little too into the kiss.
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* HomosocialHeterosexuality: Even though the ultimate goal of Bruno's plan is to get back together with Laura, the entire film is really about his developing relationship with Pablo.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: When Bruno tries to get Pablo to kiss him while sober with a transparently made-up excuse, Pablo repeatedly protests that it'd be weird for him to kiss his friend and that he's never thought of another guy "that way".
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: When Bruno tries to get Pablo to kiss him while sober initially plays along with a transparently made-up excuse, Pablo repeatedly protests that it'd be weird Bruno's GayBravado antics in front of their friends, but as he gets increasingly confused about his feelings for him Bruno, he starts acting like this in response to kiss his friend and Bruno's continued overtures, insisting that he's never thought of another guy guys "that way".way" even after agreeing to kiss Bruno under incredibly flimsy pretenses.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: The first sign that Pablo may be more compatible with Bruno than Laura is the two of them bonding over their shared love of the TV show ''Blind'' that Laura thinks Pablo is too obsessed with.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: The first sign that Pablo may be more compatible with Bruno than with Laura is the two of them bonding over their shared love of the TV show ''Blind'' that Laura thinks Pablo is too obsessed with.
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* DoubleEntendre: After Pablo tells Bruno that his favorite toy is a beach bucket and shovel because you can "fill it with many things", Bruno tells him in a later scene that if he could be any mineral, he'd be sand, and adds a cheeky, "[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Get it?]]"
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* DoubleEntendre: After Pablo tells Bruno that his favorite the toy he'd like to be is a beach bucket and shovel because you can "fill it with many things", Bruno tells him in a later scene that if he could be any mineral, he'd be sand, and adds a cheeky, "[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Get it?]]"
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* GayBravado: Bruno and Pablo's flirtations with each other are initially done in a jokey, "hey let's show just how macho we are for not freaking out about being called fags" manner. They become distinctly less macho later on, with [[spoiler:Pablo freaking out when he tries to call Bruno's bluff by having sex with him and Bruno vomiting when his friend points out that it's clear that he's in love with Pablo]]. The director has said that this is a reflection of Argentinean culture where [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed two guys sleeping next to each other in their underwear]] is considered a display of masculinity but actual homosexuality gives them more pause.
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* GayBravado: Bruno and Pablo's flirtations with each other are initially done in a jokey, "hey let's show just how macho we are for by not freaking out about being called fags" this kind of stuff" manner. They become distinctly less macho jokey later on, with [[spoiler:Pablo freaking out when he tries to call Bruno's bluff by having sex with him and Bruno vomiting when his friend points out that it's clear that he's in love with Pablo]]. The director has said that this is a reflection of Argentinean culture where [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed two guys sleeping next to each other in their underwear]] is considered a display of masculinity but actual homosexuality gives them more pause.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Bruno succeeds in making Pablo sexually confused enough to dump Laura...and making ''himself'' sexually confused too and unable to take up Laura's offer to get back together due to the FauxYay having become very real between him and Pablo.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Bruno succeeds in making Pablo sexually confused enough to dump Laura... and making ''himself'' sexually confused too and unable to take up Laura's offer to get back together due to the FauxYay having become very real between him and Pablo.]]
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* BirdsOfAFeather: The first sign that Pablo may be more compatible with Bruno than Laura is the two of them bonding over their shared love of the TV show ''Blind'' that Laura thinks Pablo is too obsessed with.
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* DoubleEntendre: After Pablo tells Bruno that his favorite toy is a beach bucket and shovel because you can "fill it with many things", Bruno tells him in a later scene that if he could be any mineral, he'd be sand, and adds a cheeky, "[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Get it?]]"
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Even when Bruno tries to get Pablo to kiss him again while sober with the lamest-sounding excuse in the world, he feels the need to clarify that he's Not Gay and Pablo repeatedly insists that he's Not Gay either.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bruno and Pablo give off this vibe, with Pablo likening Bruno to a 12-year-old friend he doesn't want to share with his girlfriend and other people. [[spoiler: Until they start giving off...]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bruno and Pablo give off this vibe, with Pablo likening Bruno to a 12-year-old friend he doesn't want to share with his girlfriend and other people. [[spoiler: Until they start giving off...]]
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Even when When Bruno tries to get Pablo to kiss him again while sober with the lamest-sounding excuse in the world, he feels the need to clarify that he's Not Gay and a transparently made-up excuse, Pablo repeatedly insists protests that it'd be weird for him to kiss his friend and that he's Not Gay either.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bruno and Pablo give off this vibe, with Pablo likening Bruno to a 12-year-old friend he doesn't want to share with his girlfriendand or other people. [[spoiler: Until they start giving off...off less-than-platonic vibes, that is.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bruno and Pablo give off this vibe, with Pablo likening Bruno to a 12-year-old friend he doesn't want to share with his girlfriend
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* TryingNotToCry: In a long, close-up shot, Pablo struggles and fails to keep from crying after [[spoiler:learning that Bruno is Laura's ex-boyfriend who (seemingly) is only pretending to like him to get her back]].
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* TryingNotToCry: In a long, close-up shot, Pablo struggles and fails to keep from crying after [[spoiler:learning that Bruno is Laura's ex-boyfriend who (seemingly) is only pretending to like him to get and has been sleeping with her behind his back]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: Throughout the entire film, Laura has been cheating on Pablo with Bruno behind his back.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Throughout the entire film, Laura has been cheating on Pablo with Bruno behind his back. She also apparently cheated on Bruno at least once while they were together.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Bruno and Pablo have to sleep on the same bed as Ana and Javier after the latter's party and then on Bruno's bed together after Bruno claims that there isn't a spare room available.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Bruno and Pablo have to sleep on the same bed as Ana and Javier after the latter's party when they stay over and then also on Bruno's Pablo's bed together after Bruno claims Pablo says that there isn't a spare room available.
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* TryingNotToCry: In a long, close-up shot, Pablo struggles and fails to keep from crying after [[spoiler:learning that Bruno is Laura's ex-boyfriend who (seemingly) is only pretending to like him to get her back]].
