7 cajas / 7 Boxes (2012)
It's Friday night in Asunción, Paraguay and the temperature is
sweltering. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow delivery boy, dreams of
becoming famous and covets a fancy cellular phone in the infamous
Mercado 4. He's offered a chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown
contents in exchange for a quick US$100. But what sounds like an easy
job soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted and
Víctor and his pursuers quickly find themselves caught up in a crime
they know nothing about.
Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori
Paraguay / Spain co-production
Won Silver Condor for Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language.
Nominated to Goya for Best Iberoamerican Film; lost to Juan de los muertos / Juan of the Dead (Cuba)
Won Youth Jury Award in San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Nominated to Discovery Award in Toronto International Film Festival; lost to Detroit Unleaded (USA)
