Puerto Rican grandma with a shotgun vs. American capitalism. Who's betting?
A Puerto Rican woman defends her family home from an American conglomerate that seeks to tear it down and build a hotel where it stands.
Direction
Santacana squeezes epic scope into 16 tight minutes
Cinematography
Dust, sweat, and mofongo never looked this cinematic
Acting
Bonet's glare could stop a bulldozer. Literally.
Director
Jordan Santacana
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Santacana coined 'mofongo western' to claim space typically reserved for white American masculinity—Puerto Rico as frontier, not exotic backdrop.
The 16-minute runtime mirrors exploitation itself: rapid, brutal, leaving ruins. The hotel never built feels more haunting than if shown.
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