New York. Two Peruvian teenagers, Paul and Tito, are looking for meaning, hope, and of course sex. Their mother Raffaella works long hours as a waitress to pay for their English classes, where the boys meet Kristin, a mysterious Croatian prostitute. Paul and Tito are determined to have Kristin help them transition to adulthood, but Kristin has a dark past of her own. As the heat of the summer reaches the streets of New York, people are falling in and out of love, devour each others dreams, and seek their revenge.
2020, fiction 97’, written by Lani-Rain Feltham, based on the novel «De Heilige Antonio» by Arnon Grünberg, directed by Marc Wilkins, produced by Joël Jent for Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, cinematography by Burak Turan, editing by Jann Anderegg, original music composed by Balz Bachmann and Brent Arnold, sound by Patrick Storck, sounddesign by Patrick Storck, Gina Keller, Peter Staubli, mix by Jacques Kieffer, image postproduction by Ali Al-Fatlawi
Awards
Best Fiction Award (Joseph Vilsmeier Preis) 2021 – 9th Film Festival Kitzbühel / Best Actress Award for Magaly Solier – 29th Love is Folly Film Festival Varna 2021 / Critics Choice Award for Best Director – 55th Int. Filmtage Hof 2021 / Best Actress Award for Magaly Solier – Zurich Film Award 2021 / Special Mention at Terraviva Film Festival 2021 / Jury Award for Best Film – 12th Festival Nuovo Cinema Europa 2021 / Humans in Focus Award & Critics Award – 6th Ibiza Cinefest 2022 / Best International Feature Film Ópera Prima Award – 12th Festival Int. de Cine de Piélagos 2022
Festivals (a selection)
44th Mostra Internacional de Cinema São Paulo 2020 / 56th Solothurner Filmtage 2021 / 3rd Ventana Sur Buenos Aires 2021 / 38th Miami Film Festival 2021 / 12th Festival del Cine Al Este Lima 2021 / 15th Festival of Tolerance Zagreb 2021 / 20th New York Latino Film Festival 2021 / 9th Film Festival Kitzbühel 2021 / 29th Love is Folly Film Festival Varna 2021 / 11th Bari Int. Film Festival 2021 / 20th San Diego Int. Film Festival / 8th MAFICI Festival Int. de Cine de Puerto Madry 2021 / 31st AFI Latin American Film Festival 2021 / 55th Int. Filmtage Hof 2021 / 2nd Terraviva Film Festival 2021 / 12th Festival Nuovo Cinema Europa 2021 / 6th Ibiza Cinefest 2022 / 12th Festival Int. de Cine de Piélagos 2022