VISITOR, THE (2022)
[EL VISITANTE]
Filmmaker Martin Boulocq (EUGENIA) takes an arresting look at the complexities of class, family and religion in contemporary Bolivia with his powerful fourth feature, which won a top award for Boulocq and Rodrigo Hasbún's nuanced screenplay at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Ex-convict and aspiring opera singer Humberto (Enrique Aráoz) returns to his hometown, newly released from prison and three years sober. His immediate priority is to find an above-board source of income so he can reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter Aleida (Svet Ailyn Mena), who is in the care of his in-laws Carlos and Elizabeth. Carlos (César Troncoso, THE POPE'S TOILET), an influential Argentine pastor with most of the town in his thrall and a luxurious mountainside compound towering over the village, makes a show of welcoming Humberto back into the fold. But it's clear that forgiveness comes with strings attached, and he has no intention of allowing Humberto full access to his daughter. As Humberto attempts to pry Aleida from Carlos and Elizabeth's powerful grasp, THE VISITOR unfolds as a taut family melodrama and a portrait of the rising influence of the evangelical church in South America. Winner, Best Screenplay, International Narrative Competition, 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. DIR/SCR/PROD Martín Boulocq; SCR Rodrigo Hasbún; PROD Andrea Camponovo, Hernán Musaluppi, Santiago López Rodríguez, Álvaro Olmos Torrico. Bolivia/Uruguay, 2022, color, 86 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, September 25, 2022
Genre: Drama
