SYNOPSIS
A night in Caracas, in a corner of the Latin world, driving on one or the avenues filled with concrete: ther is Carlos, a taxi driver, who thinks he knows the ultimate secrets about love, although in reality he has a crush on Carmen, a waitress, but does not how to approahc her in the last 20 years; by the same avenue, ther is Claudia, a responsible Doctor, who exists trapped in a life full of husband, though she ies thinking about leaving him after 20 years; on a 500cc Yamaha, Héctor accompanied by his girlfriend Yamila, accelerates at full speed, promising her that they're gonna get out of this shit hole of life.
There is also Tony a young man forever in conflict with his father, and Clemencia a travestite
That night on the Libertador Avenue, six characters have decided to change their life in that city...
Franco de Peña's filmography
Awards and selection:
Best original scenarion in Huelva (Spain).
Prima de qualidad in Caracas: Best first movie, Best performance by an actor and an actress in a leading role, Bets picture, Best male supporting role.
Selected in Huelva (Spain), Saõ Paulo, Trieste, Toulouse, Cartagena, Miami, Mar del Plata, Istambul, Calcutta, Le Caire, World Cinema 2005 in Cannes
Feature, 35mm, Couleurs, 2003
Original Version Spanish
French/English subtitles
Scenario: Franco de Peña, Thomas Kempski, Antoine Vivas and Adres Schaffer.
Production: Cameo Film (Cologne) en coproduction avec Zyga Films (Venezuela), Acrobates Films, ZDF/ARTE. Avec le soutien du Fonds Nordrhein Westfalen et du Fonds Sud Cinéma.
Cinematography: Antoine Vivas, Markus Stein
Sound Operator: Joanna Napieralska
Film Editing : Jean-Robert Thomann
Music: Nikos Kypourgos
Cast:
Carlos Miranda (Carlos)
Carmen Landata (Carmen)
Alejandro Chaban ( Tony)
Alejo Felipe (Le père de Tony)
Eric Wilpret (Clemencia)
Beatriz Valdez (Claudia)
Aroldo Berancourt (Alvaro)
Gregorio Milano (Hector)
Maria Alejandra Espero (Yamila)
Franco de Peña's Filmography
El porvenir de una illusion, 1997 docu/fiction 49', 16mm
Young Director Europa Award, Berlin 1998
Best Movie Award , Munich 1998
Fipresci Award, Cracovie 1998
Best Film, Young European Directors, Sofia 1999
First Prize, MediaSchool Lodz 1997 Broadcast : Polish TV, Canal Plus, ARTE
El sussuro del viento, 1995 Fiction 21', 35mm, awarded in La Havane, San Francisco, Fribourg, Munich, Lodz, Huesca, Montecatini, Tel-Aviv.
Selected in Montréal, Toronto, Londres, Festival du réel, Clermont-Ferrand, Hambourg.
May be it's sinful to pray, 1993, documentary, 21', Beta awarded in Cracovie, Caracas, Philadelphie.
Shadow, fiction, 13', 35mm
Don't turn off the light, documentary, 6', 35mm
My first try, fiction 5', 16mm
Experience:
2002: Resident in the Cinéfondation-of Cannes Film Festival
2000: Resident in DAAD in Berlin
1999: Resident of tje Nipkow Program in Berlin
1991/97: Lodz Cinema School (Poland), Graduated in "Directing".
