SILVER

The first Venezuelan film to be included in Cannes Critics' Week, Gustavo Rondón Córdova's pulse-pounding debut follows a father and son as they flee the violence of their Caracas neighborhood. After 12-year-old Pedro (Reggie Reyes) seriously injures another boy in a skirmish, his father Andrés (Giovanni García, EL AMPARO) decides they must escape to save Pedro from violent retribution. Córdova, who edited 2016 AFI Latin American Film Festival opener EL AMPARO, expertly steers this unconventional chase film to its dramatic and moving conclusion. Winner, Best Film, 2018 Miami Film Festival and 2017 Lima Latin American Film Festival; Official Selection, 2017 Cannes, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastián, Munich and Chicago film festivals. DIR/SCR/PROD Gustavo Rondón Córdova; PROD Rodolfo Cova, Marianela Illas, Natalia Machado, Rubén Sierra Salles. Venezuela/Chile/Norway, 2017, color, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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