7 BOXES

World Sales: Shoreline Entertainment

Distribution: Synergy Cinema

Set in modern-day Paraguay. 17-year-old Victor just manages to make ends meet by making a few deliveries with his pushcart at a huge, labyrinthine market. One evening, he accepts an unusual offer to earn money by delivering 7 boxes – the contents of which are unknown to him – in exchange for half a$100bill, the torn-off other half of which will be handed to him once he has completed his job. However, what was supposed to be just a simple delivery job quickly turns into a breathless chase in which he finds himself inevitably involved but about which he knows nothing… A fast-paced, brilliantly directed thriller that plunges us into the heart of the market in Asunción, which is the film’s real protagonist, a place where all Paraguay an communities and social classes mix together.

Infos

Country: Paraguay

Date: 2012

Duration: 1hr 40

Version: Spanish, with French and English subtitles

Cast & Credits

Director: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Producer: Maneglia Schémbori Realizadores

Screenplay: Juan Carlos Maneglia

Cinematography: Richard Careaga

Editing: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Juan Sebastian Zelada

Music: Fran Villalba

Cast: Celso Franco, Victor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García