LA BODEGA
Friday
10
3:00 pm
2010
(THE WaReHOUSE)
Spanish with English subtitles
Guatemala / 2009 / 75 min
SFU Downtown Campus Harbour Centre (SFU-HC)
515 West Hastings (at Richards)
LA BODEGA
Director: Ray Figueroa
Producers: Elías Jiménez, Rafael Rosal
Screenplay: Ray Figueroa
Cinematographer: Daniela Sagone
Editor: Joel Prieto
Music: Marimba Chapinlandia
Principal Cast: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Freddy Turcios, Luis Carlos Pineda, Josue Sotomayor

A young woman is brutally assaulted by a gang. The authorities don’t know a thing, they have no suspects and the girl becomes one more victim in a society where thousands of women are assaulted every year. Jacobo, the victim’s brother, along with Antonio, his best friend, decide to take revenge in their own hands. They kidnap a gangster from the streets and take him to an abandoned warehouse where they torture and beat him. But the consequences of their acts will become evident and they will have to take some decisions that will affect their lives forever.

 

Una joven es brutalmente asaltada por pandilleros. Las autoridades no saben nada, no tiene sospechosos, y la chica pasa a ser una victima más en una sociedad donde miles de mujeres son asltadas al año. Jacobo, hermano de la víctima, junto con Antonio, su mejor amigo, deciden tomar venganza por sus propias manos y secuestran a un pandillero de la calle, para golpearlo y torturarlo en una bodega abandonada. Las repercusiones de sus acciones se harán evidentes y tendrán que tomar una decisión que afectará sus vidas por siempre.

 
 
Ray Figueroa is a Puerto Rican director and screenwriter, living in Guatemala since 2002. He graduated from the Sacred Heart University in Santurce, Puerto Rico, with a degree in telecommunications. He graduated in 2001 from the International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV). He was the screenwriter and assistant director for the feature films La Casa de Enfrente (Guatemala, 2003), Las Cruces, poblado próximo (Guatemala, 2005), VIP, la otra casa (Guatemala, 2007) and Antes de las once (Puerto Rico, 2007). La Bodega (The Warehouse) is his first feature as a director.