El Abuelo | |
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Directed by | Gustavo Saavedra Calle |
Written by | Gustavo Saavedra Calle |
Produced by | Claudia Barco Marcos Camacho Delia García Veronica Perez Orbezo |
Starring | Carlos Julio Vega Sebastian Rubio Javier Valdés Rómulo Assereto |
Cinematography | José Luis Salomón |
Music by | Nicolas Wangeman Vega |
Production company | El Directorio |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Countries | Peru Colombia |
Language | Spanish |
El Abuelo ( lit. 'The Grandfather') is a 2017 Peruvian-Colombian road comedy-drama film written and directed by Gustavo Saavedra Calle in his directorial debut. [1] It stars Colombian Carlos Julio Vega along with the Peruvian actors Sebastian Rubio, Javier Valdés and Rómulo Assereto. [2]
The Grandpa is about to turn 80. His son and grandsons begin a journey to his homeland, Huamachuco, a place he has not seen since he was 9 years old. Along the way they discover an unexpected past and the journey will become a path of no return. [3]
The actors participating in this film are: [4]
The film won the 2012 Fiction Feature Film Project Production Contest, Feature Film Production Award from the Ministry of Culture of Peru [5] and obtained the Ibermedia Fund in 2013 to shoot the film. [1]
The film premiered in August 2017 at the 21st Lima Film Festival. [1] The film was commercially released on 19 July 2018 in Peruvian theaters [6] and on 27 July 2018 by Señal Colombia in Colombia. [7]