
A new film series featuring art house film classics that focus on the diversity and contributions of various groups celebrating their heritage this fall.
Wheelbarrow courier Víctor receives an unusual proposal: to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through Mercado 4 in Asunción, but things get complicated along the way. In its domestic release in Paraguay, 7 Boxes grossed more than Titanic. Shot on location in and around the market of Asunción, 7 Boxes shows how filmmakers can capture the feel and culture of their native countries in a way that big budget Hollywood movies never can.
"7 Boxes" is both a tense and frightening crime film as well as a sometimes-dreamy evocation of life in the sprawling underclass, its hallucinatory aspects, its chaos and violence, its fantasies. - Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
“7 Boxes,” a low-budget Paraguayan crime caper goosed by low-rung dreams, crackles with the desperate energy of forced innovation. When there’s no room on the spreadsheet for fancy special effects, making do can yield its own rewards. - New York Times
- Year2012
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryParaguay
- DirectorJuan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori
A new film series featuring art house film classics that focus on the diversity and contributions of various groups celebrating their heritage this fall.
Wheelbarrow courier Víctor receives an unusual proposal: to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through Mercado 4 in Asunción, but things get complicated along the way. In its domestic release in Paraguay, 7 Boxes grossed more than Titanic. Shot on location in and around the market of Asunción, 7 Boxes shows how filmmakers can capture the feel and culture of their native countries in a way that big budget Hollywood movies never can.
"7 Boxes" is both a tense and frightening crime film as well as a sometimes-dreamy evocation of life in the sprawling underclass, its hallucinatory aspects, its chaos and violence, its fantasies. - Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
“7 Boxes,” a low-budget Paraguayan crime caper goosed by low-rung dreams, crackles with the desperate energy of forced innovation. When there’s no room on the spreadsheet for fancy special effects, making do can yield its own rewards. - New York Times
- Year2012
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryParaguay
- DirectorJuan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori