A tragic love story based in the life of the great latin american boxer Edwin "El Inca" Valero.
Acting
Leterni channels Valero's terrifying charisma — you can't look away.
Direction
Castillo Cottin refuses to sanitize the violence, visual and domestic.
Cinematography
Caracas as character — beauty and rot in every frame.
Director
Ignacio Castillo Cottin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Valero was the first boxer in history to win every professional fight by knockout — 27-0, all KOs. The film uses zero actual boxing footage, a deliberate choice.
Released during Venezuela's collapse, the film was barely screened domestically — becoming itself a ghost of a nation that couldn't face its own violence.
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