Gonella Productions

LANGUAGES: No Dialogue

Genre: Fiction / Black Comedy
Running Time: 17 minutes and 15 seconds
Year of production: 2007

SYNOPSIS

El Ñero, an unscrupulous Mexican homeless, travels to Australia looking for the soccer boots of his dreams. On his way, he meets a series of bizarre characters who discriminate and stop him to achieve a love at first sight romantic commitment with a voluptuous lady.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Ninja Films
Film exports/World sales: Adrián Arce

CAST (in order of appearance)

- El Ñero: Adrián Arce
- Voluptuous Lady: Jade Da Silva
- Blind Homeless: Marty O'Leary
- Mâitre D': Alberto Hernández
- Restaurant Extra 1: Rafal Dabrowski
- Restaurant Extras 2: John Berry
- Restaurant Extra 3: Judex
- Restaurant Extra 4: Milena Gozzo
- Waiter: S. Edward Hopper
- Restaurant Extra 5: Ashleigh Boers
- Waitress: María Grau
- Restaurant Manager: Jorge Echevarría
- The Mummy: Alberto Hernández
- Art Exhibition Extra 1: S. Edward Hopper
- Art Exhibition Extra 2: Judex
- Conceptual Waiter: Xavier Waterkeyn
- Art Exhibition Extra: Lilybeth Pineda
- Girl (beach couple): Jennifer Lewis
- Guy (beach couple): Chris Mailer
- Guy in a crotch: Peter Zografov

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Adrián Arce
Screenwriter: Adrián Arce
Producers: Judex & Adrián Arce
Executive Producer: José María Caballero
Director of Photography: Richard Narramore
Editor: Adrián Arce
Focus Puller / Camera Assistant: Christopher Evans
Sound: Prasan De Silva, Rafal Dabrowski, Afshin Jonaidi and S. Edward Hopper
Sound Editing and Post: Alejandro Gómez, Óscar Jiménez, Adrián Arce, James Garvey and Lucas
Pozzey
Original Music composed and performed by: Óscar Jiménez and Daniel Pliner
Additional Music: “Breaker Breaker”, composed by Nick Soole, performed by Slimey Things;
“Jarabe”, performed by Víctor Valdés and The Real Mexico
Casting Director: Cristina Harris
1st Assistant Director: David Devjak
Production Assistants: Tanya Ho, Tianqi An, Afshin Jonaidi, John Berry and Alberto Hernández
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TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Fiction / Comedy
Sub-genre: Black Comedy
Language: English
Country of origin: Australia
Year of production: 2007
Total running time: 17 minutes, 15 seconds
Shooting format: 16 mm
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

- Honorable Mention, for transcending the limits of film. Sydney Undergorund Film Festival,
2007, Australia.

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

- Sydney Latin American Film Festival, 2007, Australia.
- Sydney Underground Film Festival, 2007, Australia.
- Short Shorts Mexico Film Festival, 2007, Mexico.