The Apartment (2023 film)

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The Apartment
The Apartment (2023 film) poster.jpg
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Directed byMichael Kovich Jr.
Written byMichael Kovich Jr.
Produced byBruno Sosa Bofinger
Leticia Fleitas
Michael Kovich Jr.
Nicolas Merens
Andrea Quattrocchi
StarringBruno Sosa
Andrea Quattrocchi
CinematographyJerónimo Buman
Edited byMichael Kovich Jr.
Music byMartin De Lemos
Production
companies
Al Mango
LetiFleitas SdP
Michael Kovich Jr. Films
Release date
  • August 3, 2023 (2023-08-03)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryParaguay
LanguageSpanish
Budget$80.000 [1]

The Apartment (Spanish: El apartamento) is a 2023 Paraguayan horror film written, directed, co-produced and edited by Michael Kovich Jr. [2] Starring Bruno Sosa and Andrea Quattrocchi [3] accompanied with Fernando Abadie, Roberto Cardozo and Clotilde Cabral. [4] It is about a man who wakes up and has no memory of his last days in his own apartment whose door is covered in chains and padlocks. [5] It premiered on August 3, 2023, in Paraguayan theaters. [6]

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Synopsis

A man wakes up disoriented, with little memory of his last days in his own apartment; Soon he finds his door covered in chains and padlocks. After several attempts to struggle, he realizes that he is trapped and has no way out. As the man tries to escape, he mysteriously encounters traces of a dark past that he does not want to confront. [7]

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on December 11-12, 2020 and ended 10-11 days later in Asunción, Paraguay. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "El Apartamento, la película paraguaya que quiere sembrar terror con mano de obra local". infonegocios.com.py. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  2. ↑ Ferreira, Noelia (2023-08-03). ""El Apartamento" se estrena desde hoy en todos los cines del país". .::Agencia IP::. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Película paraguaya de terror "El Apartamento" llega este jueves a los cines de CDE". El Urbano (in Spanish). 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ↑ ""El apartamento", una nueva película paraguaya que alista su llegada a los cines - Cine y TV - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  5. ↑ Arar, Aizar (2023-08-05). "'El Apartamento' "abrió sus puertas" en la cartelera nacional". Diario HOY (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Terror paraguayo: "El apartamento" llega a cines el 3 de agosto". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  7. ↑ Moyano, Hernán (2023-07-17). "La película paraguaya "EL APARTAMENTO" presenta su trailer oficial". Cine de Género Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  8. ↑ "La película de terror paraguaya "El apartamento" finaliza rodaje". Diario HOY (in Spanish). 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  9. ↑ "Culminó el rodaje de la película de terror "El Apartamento"". El Independiente (in Spanish). 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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