If you are looking for gay-theme movies, Pinoy queer cinema has you covered. A lot of the films coming out of the Philippines for gay viewers are in Tagalog, so the plot may be beyond your comprehension. No problemo, even if you speak Tagalog, the plot of most of the gay Filipino movies may be beyond your comprehension. It’s not that you’d be paying attention to the plot anyway. These films are always heavy on hot young hunks barring it all. And that alone is reason enough to pop one into your dvd player.

2007’s Ang Lalake sa Parola (The Man in the Lighthouse) is a good example. Not because of the plot or production values – the entire film was shot in three days – but thanks to Harry Chua (aka Harry Laurel) a young up and comer who stars in the flick. The movie’s story – ‘cuz even soft porn requires a plotline – tell the tale of a young man who moves to a small rural community where he takes a job as a lighthouse caretaker. There, he meets a gay man and the two begin a secret but passionate love affair. Somehow a fish works its way into the story too, but if you can ignore bad production values, you can easily ignore the fish. Besides, both Harry and his co-star, Justin De Leon, do a great job of getting their gay on, and showing off the best of their talents.

Chua, who had a short career performing in male beauty pageants in the Philippines before landing the leading role in Ang Lalake sa Parola, quickly became one of the country’s top gay male hearthrobs. And posed for several photoshoots to keep his fans’ um, hearts, throbbing. He followed up with a bit part in a movie that can remain nameless since it neither had a gay plot nor naked male flesh in it. Breeders were not quite as taken with Harry as his gay fans were; where a cute face, a hot body, and the willingness to show it off can bring you stardom in Gay Manila, sounding like a hick from the provinces doesn’t impress the average Filipino audience. He was never heard from again. But his pictures live on in the hearts and gonads of gay men everywhere, and if that’s gonna be your 15 minutes of fame, I guess you really can’t complain.

There are nine roughly 10 minute clips (which I assume are the entire movie) available on YouTube HERE if you are interested in exploring this hottie’s body of work further.

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