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SURVIVING GAZAPA
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Completed - SPANISH - Action/Adventure, Drama - 117 minutes

Log Line

When at war, getting out alive
is the best option

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Roberto Dávila ALEGRÍA
Writer(s) : Marielos DE DÁVILA, Roberto DÁVILA
Cast : Alejandro LÓPEZ, Arturo RIVERA

Synopsis

Guazapa volcano, El Salvador, 1986.
A Guerrilla formation, lead by Felipe (Geovanny Alvarado), executes the mission of
installing landmines on the pathways the army uses at raids.
Unnoticed surrounded by an enemy patrol while on their mission, the formation is
forced to disband and retreat during an intense exchange of fire.
Pablo (Arturo Rivera) is wounded during his retreat, and takes shelter until the
danger is past.
After leaving his shelter, he finds the lifeless body of his brother. His loss makes
him decide to leave the fight behind and go in search of his mother.
After departing he comes across Julio (Alejandro Lopez), a soldier lost in the
vastness of the volcano. As they fought hand to hand, their fight was interrupted by
a bombing of the area. Forced to take shelter together, their rivalry continues.
Due to the circumstances but still distrustful, they decide to join together in order to
leave Guazapa alive, putting their lives in jeopardy for this alliance.
After surmounting some tasks, a lost little girl crosses their path, so they decide to
take her back to her family. The path that takes them out of the mountains also
takes them to dangerous encounters with fighters from both sides, facing
repeatedly life-or-death situations.
After being surprised and captured by Chamba (Nilson Urbina), a guerrilla fighter
ex-comrade of Pablo, their luck seems to have ran out. The situation turns critic by
the close proximity of an army platoon.

Production

Country(ies) : EL SALVADOR

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