Sergio Ramirez is a Guatemalan filmmaker. His first feature film, Distancia, received many recognitions, including Best Director and Best Film at the Havana Film Festival New York. 1991 won the Work in Progress Award at Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine -CRFIC- and premiered at Miami Film Festival. He is currently developing his third feature film: Todos Santos.
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Film Info
- Director: Sergio Ramirez
- Genre: Fiction
- Country: Guatemala
Film Showtimes
Village East Cinema
Synopsis
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In 1991, Guatemala is at war. The army and guerrilla groups battle each other in the mountains, but these are distant news for Daniel and his friends. They just want to have fun and travel with baseball bats in the car, but their destination is not a game, it’s a hunt. The teenage squad roams the city looking for lower-class young men with indigenous features, who dress differently and listen to hip hop music. They are the enemy, whom they refer to as “breaks”. Daniel and his friends do not know why they do what they do; they just know that they are “anti-breaks”.
Festivals & Awards
- Official Selection: Miami International Film Festival
Film Director
