El Abuelo (2017 film)

El Abuelo
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gustavo Saavedra Calle
Written by	Gustavo Saavedra Calle
Produced by	Claudia Barco Marcos Camacho Delia García Veronica Perez Orbezo
Starring	Carlos Julio Vega Sebastian Rubio Javier Valdés Rómulo Assereto
Cinematography	José Luis Salomón
Music by	Nicolas Wangeman Vega
Production company	El Directorio
Release dates	August 2017 (2017-08) (Lima) 19 July 2018 (2018-07-19) (Peru) 27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) (Colombia)
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	Peru Colombia
Language	Spanish

El Abuelo (lit. 'The Grandfather') is a 2017 Peruvian-Colombian road comedy-drama film written and directed by Gustavo Saavedra Calle in his directorial debut.[1] It stars Colombian Carlos Julio Vega along with the Peruvian actors Sebastian Rubio, Javier Valdés and Rómulo Assereto.[2]

Synopsis

The Grandpa is about to turn 80. His son and grandsons begin a journey to his homeland, Huamachuco, a place he has not seen since he was 9 years old. Along the way they discover an unexpected past and the journey will become a path of no return.[3]

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:[4]

• Carlos Julio Vega as Crisóstomo
• Sebastian Rubio as José María
• Javier Valdés as Alfonso
• Rómulo Assereto as Santiago
• Patricia Portocarrero as María Elena
• Irene Iyzaguirre as Francisca
• Gabriela Velásquez as Lucrecia
• Graciela Paola as Paola María
• Franklin Dávalos as Carlos

Financing

The film won the 2012 Fiction Feature Film Project Production Contest, Feature Film Production Award from the Ministry of Culture of Peru[5] and obtained the Ibermedia Fund in 2013 to shoot the film.[1]

Release

The film premiered in August 2017 at the 21st Lima Film Festival.[1] The film was commercially released on 19 July 2018 in Peruvian theaters[6] and on 27 July 2018 by Señal Colombia in Colombia.[7]

References

1. Contreras, Laslo Rojas (31 July 2017). "Festival de Lima 2017: "El abuelo", conversamos con su director Gustavo Saavedra". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
2. "Carlos J Vega protagoniza "El abuelo"". Señal Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
3. El Abuelo (in Spanish), retrieved 22 December 2022
4. Quesada, Isabel Miró (18 July 2018). "El abuelo: una película peruana que nos enseña que la vida es un viaje". COSAS.PE (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
5. "EL ABUELO". Programa Ibermedia (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
6. "LA PELÍCULA PERUANA 'EL ABUELO' SE ESTRENA EL 19 DE JULIO". Programa Ibermedia (in European Portuguese). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
7. "Las películas de julio de 2021 en Señal Colombia". Señal Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2022.

External links

• El Abuelo at IMDb