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Collect Call (2002)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Oscar, a young man who as a child starred in the first feature film from Guatemala which received international attention, is now living with his family in the Guatemalan country side and dreaming of starting a show biz career in the US. He makes a collect call to Luis, the director of the film in which Oscar starred 7 years before, and gets himself invited to go to New York. He starts a journey that will be unlike anything he ever imagined and discovers the high price of making it in the big city.
Style:
independent film, emotional, realistic, underground film
Plot:
showbiz, sacrifice, ambition, aspiration, coming of age, class differences, migration, culture clash, underdog, identity, frustration, bittersweet, hopes, loneliness, poverty, language barrier, exploitation, social realism, road trip, nostalgia, film within a film, young, show business
Place:
new york, guatemala
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Story:
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