Completed - SPANISH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN - Drama - 90 minutes
SAMBÁ is a sports drama about redemption, through the metaphor of life and boxing.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Israel CARDEAS, Laura Amelia GUZMÁN Writer(s) : Ettore D'ALESSANDRO Cast : Laura GOMEZ, Ettore D'ALESSANDRO, Algenis PEREZ SOTO, Felix Mangu VALERA, Joan GUZMAN Producer(s) : Carolina ENCARNACIÓN (Ecah Film), Ettore D'ALESSANDRO (Ecah Film)
Cisco returns home to the Dominican Republic after doing time in a United States prison. His alcoholic mother is in delicate health conditions, and the only way for him to get some money is to fight on the streets. Nichi, a former Italian boxing promise, lives in exile near the neighborhood, he sees in Cisco a diamond in the rough to be polished to get out of the debt caused by his gambling addiction. Nichi decides to train Cisco, during the process, little by little; he discovers there is atonement for both of them in the game. They have to make it to the final match and make the dream inside the ring come true.
Country(ies) : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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Ventana Sur 2017 Latam ScreeningsTribeca FF 2017 (Official Competion)