Juan is a lower-class young man from Ecuador who dreams of emigrating
from his country. He tries to find the money he needs to transform his
dream into reality and ends up involved in criminal activity, pushed by
desperation and the social, economic and moral collapse of his
environment. His shyness and unrequited love, combined with the poverty
of his family and the general corruption, all bring Juan to the point of
committing crimes to get the money he needs to achieve his golden
illusion: abandon Ecuador and try his luck on another continent.
Biography
film director
Victor Arregui
Victor Manuel Arregui (Guaranda, Ecuador, 1962) worked as director of
photography for full-length and short films, documentaries and
television series until 1988. He has been a photographer for UNICEF and
has won international prizes in Germany and Cuba. He directed four
documentaries for the Programa de Pequeños Donaciones of the UN,
"Bosques Remanentes de la Cordillera Occidental de los Andes," plus
other documentaries. In 1993 he wrote and directed the short film
Tiling, followed by El Tropezón in 2000. He then founded
the production house Bochinche, for which he directed his first
full-length film, Fuera de Juego, in 2003. At the moment, Arregui
is working on the screenplay of his next fiction film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Tiling (cm, 1993), El Tropezón (cm, 2000), Fuera de
Juego (2003).
Cast
& Credits
Soggetto, sceneggiatura/Story, screenplay: Víctor Manuel Arregui, Luis Arregui
Fotografia/Director of photography: Germán Valverde
Scenografia/Set design: Coco Laso
Montaggio/Film editor: Carlos Carrillo
Musica/Musica: Fabián Velasco
Suono/Sound: Hans Sonero
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and caracters: Manolo Santillán (Juan), Danny Bustamante (Jaime), Ximena Ganchala (Gioconda), Fabián Velasco (padre/father), Gerardo Pinto (Eduardo), Jimmy Pazmiño (zio/uncle), Silvia Vimos (María), Narcisa Ruales (madre/mother)
Produttore/Producer: Ilvaro Muriel
Produzione/Production: Bochinche Comunicación, Cine, Vídeo
Distribuzione, vendita all'estero/Distribution, foreign sales agent: Anahí Hoeneisen