Country: Mexico, Poland
Year: 2016
Duration: 88'
The Maquinaria Panamericana garage is an ideal place to work: the mood is perfect, there’s harmony among the employees, the rhythm is relaxed and nobody ever says no to a coffee break. All this under the benevolent gaze of their boss, Don Alejandro. This is why the employees are thrown into a panic one morning when they find him dead. Not only have they lost the best boss in the world but they soon discover that they also risk losing their jobs, since the garage is bankrupt. At this point, there don’t seem to be many solutions to the problem and the best one is to keep Don Alejandro alive… [cg]
Biography
film director
Joaquin del Paso
Joaquín del Paso (Mexico City, 1986) worked as assistant producer and assistant director for many TV and cinema productions. In 2006 he directed his first short movie, Día Uno, and he participated in a directing workshop at the TV and Cinema School San Antonio de Baños in Cuba. In 2007 he entered the Polish Film School in Łódz and the following year he presented his short Diálogo sobre una Imágen at the Torino Film Festival. His next films have been screened at the major international festivals, including FIDMarseille, the Krakow Film Festival, the Gdynia Film Festival in Poland and the Berlin Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Día Uno (cm, 2006), Diálogo sobre una Imágen (coregia/codirector Martyna Starosta, cm, doc., 2008), Czarna Góra (cm, 2009), Amekska (cm, 2010), Waterdrop (cm, 2011), The Absolute Truth of Thomas Schviefel (coregia/codirector Lucy Pawlak, 2010), Dream of San Juan (doc., 2012), Syjamski (cm, 2013), Maquinaria Panamericana (2016).
Declaration
film director
“The film is like a reminder of a world that is about to disappear, and also a satirical comment on the current state of things in my country and around the world.
The situation in Mexico is so fragile, economically and politically, that people live in a constant state of fear. We hold on to what we have earned with desperation and just the idea of a new crisis leads to collective panic.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Joaquín Del Paso
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Joaquín Del Paso, Lucy Pawlak
fotografia/cinematography
Fredrik Olsson
montaggio/film editing
Raúl Barreras
costumi/costume design
Yupanqui Ramos
suono/sound
Santiago Arroyo, Santiago De la Paz
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Javier Zaragoza (Jesus Carlos), Ramiro Orozco (Ignacio), Irene Ramirez (Soledad), Edmundo Mosqueira (Celestino), Delfino López (Delfino), César Panini (Golden Boy), Javier Camacho (Rubio), Israel Ruiz (Tonatiuh), Regina DuPacci (Arancha)
produttori/producers
Joaquín Del Paso, Susan Bernal
produzione/production
Amondo Films, Black María
coproduzione/coproduction
Mantarraya, Instituto Mexicano de cinematografía, Estudios Churubusco, Terminal Films, Santiago de la Paz Nicolau, The Polish National Film School in Łódź
contatti/contacts
Luxbox
LuxBox
Anne Sophie Trintignac
festivals@luxboxfilms.com
www.luxboxfilms.com
Joaquín Del Paso
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Joaquín Del Paso, Lucy Pawlak
fotografia/cinematography
Fredrik Olsson
montaggio/film editing
Raúl Barreras
costumi/costume design
Yupanqui Ramos
suono/sound
Santiago Arroyo, Santiago De la Paz
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Javier Zaragoza (Jesus Carlos), Ramiro Orozco (Ignacio), Irene Ramirez (Soledad), Edmundo Mosqueira (Celestino), Delfino López (Delfino), César Panini (Golden Boy), Javier Camacho (Rubio), Israel Ruiz (Tonatiuh), Regina DuPacci (Arancha)
produttori/producers
Joaquín Del Paso, Susan Bernal
produzione/production
Amondo Films, Black María
coproduzione/coproduction
Mantarraya, Instituto Mexicano de cinematografía, Estudios Churubusco, Terminal Films, Santiago de la Paz Nicolau, The Polish National Film School in Łódź
contatti/contacts
Luxbox
LuxBox
Anne Sophie Trintignac
festivals@luxboxfilms.com
www.luxboxfilms.com
