Overview
It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedDirected by Tana Schembori and Juan Carlos Maneglia, this 2012 Paraguayan action thriller follows a teenage wheelbarrow porter in sweltering Asuncion who accepts a simple-sounding job, delivering seven mystery boxes for quick cash, only to find himself hunted over contents he knows nothing about. Set amid a bustling marketplace, it builds breathless, chase-driven suspense from class, ambition, and chance. The tone is kinetic, gritty, and tense, with vivid local texture, appealing to fans of streetwise thrillers and tightly wound crime stories. With a MagicMovieScore of 6.7, it offers a propulsive, distinctive thriller for viewers seeking energetic genre filmmaking beyond the usual settings.
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Top Cast
Celso Franco
Victor
Lali González
Liz
Víctor Sosa
Nelson
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Mario Toñánez
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Nelly Davalos
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Movie Info
Release Date
August 10, 2012
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
PG-13
Genres
Action, Thriller
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