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SAMBÁ
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, USA
 
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Completed - SPANISH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

SAMBÁ is a sports drama about redemption, through the metaphor of life and boxing.

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Israel CARDEAS, Laura Amelia GUZMÁN
Writer(s) : Ettore D'ALESSANDRO
Cast : Laura GOMEZ, Ettore D'ALESSANDRO, Algenis PEREZ SOTO, Felix Mangu VALERA, Joan GUZMAN

Producer(s) : Carolina ENCARNACIÓN (Ecah Film), Ettore D'ALESSANDRO (Ecah Film)

Synopsis

Cisco returns home to the Dominican Republic after doing time in a United States prison. His alcoholic mother is in delicate health conditions, and the only way for him to get some money is to fight on the streets. Nichi, a former Italian boxing promise, lives in exile near the neighborhood, he sees in Cisco a diamond in the rough to be polished to get out of the debt caused by his gambling addiction. Nichi decides to train Cisco, during the process, little by little; he discovers there is atonement for both of them in the game. They have to make it to the final match and make the dream inside the ring come true.

Production

Country(ies) : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2017 Latam Screenings
Tribeca FF 2017 (Official Competion)


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