Archive Cinema City 2009.

Gasolina

Gasoline

Genre: Drama
Country: Guatemala / USA / Spain
Year: 2007.
Duration: 75 min

Director: Julio Hernandez Cordon
Scenario: Julio Hernandez Cordon

Cast: Jose Andres Chamier, Carlos Dardon, Francisco Jacome

Programme selection: New Latino Cinema

Synopsis:
Three teenagers, Gerardo, Nano and Raymundo, rob petrol so that they can spend their nights driving around aimlessly. Thus, we find ourselves drawn into a story where our heroes speed around in mummy's car for kicks, and where each stop is a run-in with reality sorely testing their friendship, demonstrating that adolescent camaradarie often draws a thin line between betrayal, deception and kamikaze-type solidarity.

About the director:
Julio Hernandez Cordon (North Carolina, USA), 1975. Studied Communication Science at the Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala and Filmmaking at Mexico's Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. He has made three shorts (Km 31, De mi corazón un pedacito tú tienes and Maleza) and two documentaries (Norman and Sí hubo genocidio). In 2007, his opera prima, Gasolina, landed three awards at San Sebastian Festival's Films in Progress initiative: Industry Award, Casa de América Award and CICAE Award.

Trailer

Awards:
Horizons Award, 2008 San Sebastián International Film Festival
C.I.C.A.E. Award, Casa de América Award, Films in Progress Award, 2007 San Sebastián International Film Festival


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