The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero)

Synopsis

Living with his mother and working as a farmhand in his hometown, fourteen-year-old Lalo sees buying a smartphone for his high-school crush the only surefire way into her heart. When his mother is forced to use his savings in order to pay for medical bills, Lalo decides to approach the local huachicoleros for help, who quickly enlist his aid in their business of illegally siphoning gas in order to take advantage of the country's shortage and re-sell on the black market. As Lalo naively becomes more involved with the huachicoleros' work, an uneasy air of violence begins to overtake the world around him, while investigators narrow their search for those responsible.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - International Narrative Competition - World premiere
Winner: Best New Narrative Director Award - Tribeca Film Festival 2019

Details

Year

2019

Type of film

Features

Running Time

93 mins

Director

Edgar Nito

Producer

Victor Leycegui, Annick Mahnert, Joshua Sobel

Executive Producer

Bob Portal, Inderpal Singh, Sonia Lowe

Editor

Sam Baixauli

Screenwriter

Alfredo Mendoza, Edgar Nito

Director of Photography

Juan Pablo Ramírez

Music

Carlo Ayhllón

Principal Cast

Eduardo Banda, Pedro Joaquin, Regina Reynoso, Fernando Becerril, Pascacio López, Leonardo Alonso

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 21st August 2019