Completed - SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH-CANADIAN - Drama - 103 minutes
Teenager Roberto leaves a violent, early ‘90s Peru to join his father Bob and his new family in Montreal. Bob strives to show his son his best version of an American dream marked by his own prejudices, but their reunion will be forever forged by a violence from which they have been unable to escape.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Diego VEGA, Daniel VEGA Writer(s) : Diego VEGA, Daniel VEGA Cast : Jorge GUERRA, Rodrigo PALACIOS, Rodrigo SÁNCHEZ PATIÑO, Isabelle GUÉRARD Producer(s) : Diego VEGA (MARETAZO CINE)
In the early 90s, Roberto, an 18-year-old boy lost in life, leaves a violent Peru and travels to Montreal to join his father, Bob Montoya, an immigrant who fled from his country years ago and who now lives with his new Canadian family. With male pride, Bob strives to show his son his best version of the North American dream marked by his own prejudices. The reunion between father and son will be forever forged by a violence from which they have been unable to escape.
Country(ies) : PERU, COLOMBIA
San Sebastian FF 2019 Horizontes LatinosVentana Sur 2019Havana Festival of New Latin American Cinema 2019 (Official Competition)Biarritz Latin American Festival 2019 (Official Competition)San Sebastian 2019 (Horizontes Latinos - Special Jury Mention)Festival de Lima 2019 (Critics Award, Best Actor Award)Santa Barbara IFF 2020 (Spain/ Latin America Competition)Guadalajara FICG 2020 (Latin American Fiction Competition)