President Fujimori's government is on its way out, and the citizens of Peru are struggling to get by, often engaging in unscrupulous means to get ahead--or just to make a buck. Rafo is a struggling filmmaker who supports his girlfriend Laura. He encounters a Spanish con artist posing as an executive for a major phone company, the Spaniard draws Rafo into an elaborate scam.
Acting
Fabrizio Aguilar's desperate charm carries every scene
Direction
Durant captures 2000s Lima like a fever dream
Writing
The con unfolds with delicious slow-motion disaster energy
Director
Alberto Durant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual political unrest in Peru; some background protesters didn't know they were in a movie.
The 'gay theme' keyword undersells it—this was rare Peruvian cinema engaging queer identity without moralizing, released when Fujimori's hyper-masculine regime was literally collapsing.
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