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Bladimir Abud | Dominican Republic | 2016 | 76 min | Spanish | e.s.
When Pedro’s father Ulises doesn’t come back from the sea after a routine fishing trip, the teen is seriously worried. Without a mom, brothers or sisters, and now without a dad, his existence has just come undone. In desperation, Pedro decides to look for his father in Santa Domingo. In the Dominican Republic’s capital he does indeed find Ulises, but what follows this meeting is worse than disappointing and Pedro has to survive on his own in the outright hostile, merciless environment. Abud’s social drama was inspired by true events and his own childhood experiences on Samaná, a Dominican peninsula. Although the script is somber, the misery is presented without sensationalism. After been rejected by all in his search for unconditional love and a safe home, at unexpected moments innate refinement manages to provide a veneer of hope.
Place: CINEMA 5
Date: 7 April 2016
Time: 18:30
Duration: 1:30
Place: CINEMA 5
Date: 8 April 2016
Time: 14:00
Duration: 1:30
Place: CINEMA 5
Date: 10 April 2016
Time: 16:15
Duration: 1:30
Year in
Festival
2016
Director
Bladimir Abud
Camera
Frankie Báez
Cast
Sonny Kelly
Teofilo Terrero
Cheddy García
Richard Douglas
Country
Dominican Republic
Language
Spanish
Length
76 min
Music
Angelo Panetta
Producer
Bladimir Abud
Melisa Fuentes
Pablo Mustonen
Gabriel Tineo
Production Company
Fabud Films
Sales
Fabud Films
Scenario
Bladimir Abud
Maykel Rodríguez Ponjuán
Alfonso Suárez
Sound Design
Angelo Panetta
Year of Production
2016
Bladimir ABUD (1974, Dominican Republic) works as a filmmaker, producer and scriptwriter and has multiple film titles to his name. Social themes define his work.
Filmography
If I Could Have Saved You (2010, short, La lucha de Ana/Anna’s Struggle (2012), Los Super (2013), Suplicio (2014), A orillas del mar/By the Sea (2015)