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LOS DE ABAJO (THE ONES FROM BELOW)
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Post-Production - SPANISH - Environmental, First film, Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

An alcoholic farmer (Gregorio) looking for a lost cow discovers that the water of his old irrigation ditch was rerouted by a neighbor landowner, Gregorio will have to climb up the mountain to restore the water course.

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Alejandro QUIROGA
Writer(s) : Alejandro QUIROGA
Cast : Fernando ARCE, Luis BREDOW, César BORDÓN

Producer(s) : Francisco PAPARELLA (RÍO AZUL FILMS), Mayra AUAD (YOUR MAMA), Álvaro OLMOS TORRICO (EMPATÍA CINEMA), Alexandra LÓPEZ (CHIRIMOYA FILMS)

Synopsis

Gregorio is a rustic and idealistic peasant who lives frustrated in his village Rosillas.
He superb and arrogantly proposes to recover for his family the waters of the old canal that were diverted by Colonel Iglesias who is a neighboring Argentine landowner, allied in plot with the mayor of the town for his vine crops. In his journey Gregorio has to confront the communal negligence, corruption and socio-economic power of the elite, leaving aside the love for his little son Olegario, the care of his aging parents and the love of Paula the school teacher who urges him to migrate to the city. How does the one who stays in the place that the rest decided to leave survive?

Production

Country(ies) : BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA

Festivals and Awards

Bolivia Lab 2014 (BOLIVIA LAB WINNER)
EDUARDO ABEROA 2018 (PREMIO A GUIÓN)
Malaga 2018 (CO-PRODUCTION MARKET MAFIZZ)
IBERMEDIA PRODUCTION 2019 (PREMIO A PRODUCCIÓN)


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