Pau Carreté | Enfant Terrible / 2020 [commercial advertisement]

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by Douglas Messerli

 

Pau Carreté (director) Enfant Terrible / 2020 [4.11 minutes] [commercial advertisement]

 

Spanish director Pau Carreté is a commercial filmmaker who does short ads, this one of the knitwear company Alled-Martinez, that read less like company advertisements than, in the particular case, a very gay work that almost could be a trailer for a full gay film about high school speed-racing athletes, one in particular who has the hots for the lead, Alex, who simply watches the daily training and competitions of these beautiful athletes, clothed evidently in Alled-Martinez shorts and tops.

    Alex often sneaks out of his igloo of protection, smoking a joint in the bathroom, in this case wherein the next stall two boys are busy grabbing and madly kissing one another.

     Having discovered at age 15 that he suffers from COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Alex is forced to remain on the side in his all boy’s school to which he parents have sent him so that he doesn’t “get distracted.” But the beautiful voyeur is most definitely distracted, particularly by the fastest runner on the team who nicely displays his ass as he rushes forward to win each match, his eyes locking on the boy watching him.

    The one thing, evidently, that our young beauty cannot bear is having his balls grabbed, which the runner proceeds to do when the coach frees them for the shower.

    Our young physically “challenged” boy is still powerful enough the take down the star athlete, forcing his other teammates to pull him off, while Alex steals the coaches starting pistol.

     As the naked sprinter showers, Alex joints him fully clothed in the shower, the better obviously to show off his lovely outfit by Alled-Martinez, knocks him to the floor and sticks the starting pistol into his mouth before pulling it out to engage in a long sloppy. Both stand and continue in passionate wet sex.

      This is a new kind of ad in which you have, evidently, to be in the know before anything makes sense. Except for the appearance of the name Alled-Martinez in the very first moment of this sexy little narrative, there is absolutely no clue that this might even be an advertisement. The tiny film captures your attention through its truly sex gay story.

      Desperate to find out understand even the genre of this short tale, I searched out the director, the title (hoping to find some IMDb or Letterboxd into), and finally that strange name that began the film. On their site, among many other descriptions I found this information, pertinent to this masterful little film:

“Homoerotic inspiration makes up the collection, as the garments inspired by preppy high school uniforms represent moments of adolescent sexual exploration. A slim-fitting red T-shirt with a single white cross, resembling the Swiss flag, was paired suggestively with extremely low-rise cargo pants exposing white boxers. The “Enfant Terrible” logo was seen stamped throughout the collection which also consisted of cotton graphic tops, long-sleeved striped polo shirts, a baseball overshirt in denim, lightweight shorts, and cargo pants in different colors.”

 

    Evidently, the devil wears Alled-Martinez, although I gather you have to be “in the know” the fully enjoy this little knowledge. The cast incidentally, made up of beautiful men, consisted of Alex Saez (our star rapist), Pablo Fernández (the speedy runner) and a cast of 20 other boy beauties. Had my high school colleagues only be so beautiful and well-dressed. Well, one was and my eyes, just as are Alex’s, were fully on his quarterback football motions. If only I’d have been as brave.

 

Los Angeles, April 21, 2026

Reprinted from My Queer Cinema blog (April 2026).