Jorge "Muralla" Rivera was once a famous goalkeeper. Far from the bright lights of the soccer stadium, he's now bus driver trying to make ends meet. When his son falls sick and needs an organ transplant that Jorge cannot possibly afford, he takes increasingly desperate steps to earn money for the operation. One of those desperate measures involves his recruiting a young woman to become involved in an underground sex trafficking network. As this dark parable unfolds, Jorge will seek redemption by trying to rescue the girl he ensnared, even if it means his own personal destruction. Powerful and uncompromising, The Goalkeeper was selected as the Bolivian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film and at the 91st Academy Awards.
- Year2018
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryBolivia
- DirectorGory Patiño
Jorge "Muralla" Rivera was once a famous goalkeeper. Far from the bright lights of the soccer stadium, he's now bus driver trying to make ends meet. When his son falls sick and needs an organ transplant that Jorge cannot possibly afford, he takes increasingly desperate steps to earn money for the operation. One of those desperate measures involves his recruiting a young woman to become involved in an underground sex trafficking network. As this dark parable unfolds, Jorge will seek redemption by trying to rescue the girl he ensnared, even if it means his own personal destruction. Powerful and uncompromising, The Goalkeeper was selected as the Bolivian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film and at the 91st Academy Awards.
- Year2018
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryBolivia
- DirectorGory Patiño