El cumpleaños del perro

I watched this movie last night because it was referred to as "Mexico's first gay-themed movie" and it disappointed me. To begin with, the movie poster does not correspond to any scene in it. In the film, there is no mention of homosexuality or gay, or anything ... It can only be intuited, by a certain homoerotic treatment in some (several) images, where the naked or semi-naked body of the swimming character is emphasized (which by the way It is very cute). The tailor character is suggested as a possible repressed homosexual unhappily married to the gossiping woman (and also unhappy). All too subtle. I was also amazed at the degree of machismo and misogyny that is shown throughout the film, including the murder of the woman, whose "motive" nobody asks about ... I know it's a 1975 film, but not I can stop comparing it with the Argentine film "La Tregua", also from 1974/75, and which is also considered "the first Argentine film where the gay theme is openly discussed" and although it is about secondary (but important) characters, this all is mentioned very clearly.