Durazno (film)

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Durazno
Directed by Yashira Jordan
Written by
  • Yashira Jordan
  • José Ángel Esteban
Produced byFernanda Peñarrieta
Gabriel Pastore
Yashira Jordan
Starring
  • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
  • Ezequiel W. Gonzalez
CinematographyGermán Peters
Leandro Monti
Edited byNatacha Valerga
Music by Kostas Kakouris
Don Cairo
Óscar García
Production
companies
  • Arbol
  • Carrousel Films
Release date
  • 2014 (2014) [1]
Running time
70 minutes
Countries
  • Bolivia
  • Argentina
LanguageSpanish
Budget$30,000 (est)

Durazno ( Spanish for 'Peach'), also known in English as Apricot, is a documentary film directed by Yashira Jordan. [2] The film utilized crowd-funding and ecological production, [3] [4] and is one of the first of its type to be made in Bolivia and Argentina. [5]

Contents

The documentary was filmed during 2012 in the Argentinian cities of Santa Fe and La Plata, as well as in Cochabamba, Bolivia. [6]

Plot

The documentary follows Ezequiel W. Gonzalez and Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as they set out on a road trip together. The two are both in search of something: W. Gonzalez is looking for his biological father while Biscayart is studying him with the intent of basing a character off of him. Both men suffer from issues stemming from identity. W. Gonzalez has to deal with the long-term effects of his abandonment as an infant by his mother, the lack of any clear knowledge of who his father is, and the mysterious death of his adopted father. Meanwhile, Biscayart struggles to identify his character, W. Gonzalez, and ultimately himself. [7]

Cast

Soundtrack

Accolades

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