SILVER

Dominican-American writer and actor Manny Pérez (CROOKLYN, LA SOGA, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS) makes his directorial debut with this highly-anticipated sequel to 2009's acclaimed LA SOGA, a gritty crime thriller about a butcher's son, Luisito (Pérez), who rises to become one of the Dominican secret police's most feared enforcers — aka "La Soga." Cut to 10 years following the action-packed events of LA SOGA and Luisito (Pérez, reprising the role) is a decade wiser, living in the U.S. and trying to start afresh in Providence, Rhode Island, with his new girlfriend Lia (Sarah Jorge León). That is until a mysterious American gangster (Chris McGarry, BARRY, THE FOSTERS, LUCKY 7) asks him to do one last job — or risk losing everything he's worked so hard to protect from his violent past. Faced with an impossible choice, Luisito is forced to fight for the love of his life while confronting his inner demons and the shadows of his past. Official Selection, 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. DIR/SCR/PROD Manny Pérez. U.S./Dominican Republic, 2021, color, 92 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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