Friday 29 September 2017

Paraguay







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)




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