El Camino
2008, Drama
El Camino
(2008)
91 mins | Drama | Spanish
Costa Rica – France
Saslaya, a 12-year-old girl, escapes from her native Nicaragua with her little brother in search of their mother, who emigrated 8 years ago to neighboring Costa Rica. The fiction merges with documentary, poetry and reality.
Sales Agent:
No
Available territories:
Worldwide
Festivals and awards:
- Berlin International Film Festival BERLINALE – 2008. (Worldwide Premiere)
- Cannes Festival 2008. (Pavillon des Cinémas du Sud – Cannes Marché du Film market)
- Locarno Film Festival 2008. (“Open Doors” Section (special focus on Latin America))
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2008. (Latin American Competition)
- Friburge International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2008. (Jury Special Award, Special Ecumenical Jury Award)
- Guadalajara International Film Festival. México,2008. (FIPRESCI Award Internacional Critics Federation, Jury Special Mention and Best Ibero American Film)
- Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France, 2008. (Rail D’Oc Award)
- Santiago International Film Festival SANFIC. Chile, 2008. (Best Latin American Film Award)
Credits:
| Producer: | Astarté Films, Luis Javier Castro and Stéphane Millière |
| Co Production: | Gedeon Programmes |
| Cast: | Sherling Paola Velasquez, Marcos Ulises Jiménez, Morena Guadalupe and Jean-François Stévenin |
| Screenplay: | Ishtar Yasin |
| Musical Composition: | Ulpiano Duarte y Alejandro Cardona |
| Director of Photography: | Jacques Loiseleux y Mauro Herce |
| Direct sound: | Lucho Fuentes |
| Art Director: | Victor Canifrú, Roberto Lizano |
| Editor: | Valerie Loiseleux |
