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Event Series Event Series: Amigo

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April 16 @ 6:00 pm 8:30 pm CDT

Original Title • Amigo

Amigo - Selection 39th Chicago Latino Film Festival
DirectorCountryYearGenreDuration
Luis GispertUnited States2022Drama1hr 23m

Synopsis in English

Set in Miami’s Spanish-speaking black enclaves, Miami-based visual artist Luis Gispert’s feature debut follows Tomás, an immigrant laborer with a murky past who fled his country by shipping himself in a crate to the US. Tomás is living off the grid, performing odd-jobs for an upper-middle class family, saving money in the hopes of eventually buying a home for his estranged family that he left behind. A series of events forces Tomás out of his solitary life to engage with people in his community in search of something lost. 

Sinopsis en Español

Ambientada en los barrios afrolatinos de Miami, el primer largometraje del artista visual radicado en Miami Luis Gispert sigue a Tomás, un trabajador inmigrante con un pasado turbio que huyó de su país hacia los Estados Unidos dentro de una caja. Tomás vive fuera del sistema, trabajando ocasionalmente para una familia de clase media alta, y ahorrando dinero con la esperanza de comprar una casa para su familia que dejó atrás. Una serie de eventos obligan a Tomás a salir de su vida solitaria para volver a relacionarse con su comunidad en busca de algo perdido.

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Short Film

Tiger, Tiger • Tigre, Tigre

DirectorCountryYearGenreDuration
Mauricio Sáenz-CánovasMexico2022Short / Drama17m

Synopsis in English

Driven by their animal instinct, a clan of strange peons seek to take over the identity and privileged position of their foreman without taking into account how fiction is surpassed by reality.

Director Mauricio Sáenz-Cánovas is scheduled to attend this screening.

Sinopsis en Español

Guiados por su instinto animal, un clan de extraños peones buscan adueñarse de la identidad y posición de privilegio de su capataz sin tener en cuenta cómo la ficción es superada por la realidad.

El director Mauricio Sáenz-Cánovas estará presente en esta proyección.

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