Road to La Paz

The best road movies are the ones where the spectators make their own journey, in parallel to that of the heroes. Road to La Paz tells the story of the journey of an elderly Muslim, who asks an “amateur taxi driver” to drive him, in his beat up Peugeot 505, from Buenos Aires to La Paz, from where he plans to travel to Mecca. The film covers thousands of miles on screen, while our “emotional speedometer”, as viewers, racks up a few miles of its own, as we watch this tender, heart-wrenching story.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Francisco Varone
Cinematography: Christian Cottet
Editing: Alberto Ponce, Federico Peretti
Sound: Manuel de Andres
Actors: Rodrigo de la Serna (Sebastian), Ernesto Suarez (Jalil),Elisa Carricajo (Jazmin)
Production: Gema Films, Argentina Τ. +54 114966 0110
Producers: Gema Juarez Allen, Francisco Varone, Omar Jadur, Dolores Llosas, Juan Taratuto
Co-production: No Problem Cine, Concreto Films (Argentina), Habbekrats (The Netherlands), Gunter & Hanfgarn Filmproduktion (Germany)
Costumes: Delfina de Forteza
Production Design: Daniela Podcaminsky
Format: DCP Color
Production Country: Argentina-The Netherlands-Qatar
Production Year: 2015
Duration: 94
Contact: FiGa Films, USAT. +1 323 229 9816contact@figafilms.comwww.figafilms.com
 
European Premiere

Francisco Varone

He was born in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated in 1999 from the Universidad del Cine and began his career in advertising, and has now gone on to feature films. He has received three Lions at Cannes, as well as the prestigious Clio award and the Golden Sun award at San Sebastian for the commercials he directed in Argentina, the USA and Mexico. Between 2008 and 2010, he participated in the Pablo Solarz writers’ workshop. In 2010, he took script-writing courses with Oscar winner Juan Jose Campanella and Aida Bortnik. He teaches at ENERC, Argentina’s National School of Cinematography and Visual Arts.

Filmography

2015 Camino a La Paz/Road to La Paz