A Film By JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN
Peru’s Official Submission
to the 83rd Academy Awards®
for Best Foreign Language Film
2010 Sundance Film Festival
World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award
A production of
PERU – COLOMBIA – FRANCE - GERMANY
100 MIN – 35mm – DOLBY – COLOR – 2009
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AWARDS
Sebastiane Award for Best LBGT Film — San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival 2009
Audience Award in World Dramatic Competition — Sundance 2010
Audience Award in Official Competition — Cartagena Int'l Film Festival 2010
Audience Award in Iberoamerican Competition — Miami Int'l Film Festival 2010
Audience Award in Festivalissimo — Montreal Latin American Film Festival 2010
NAHCC Award to Best Hispanic Director — Nashville Film Festival 2010
Special Award for Originality of Vision — Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2010
Audience Award — Chicago Latino Film Festival 2010
Latin Angel Audience Award — Utrecht Latin American Film Festival 2010
Latin Angel Youth Award — Utrecht Latin American Film Festival 2010
Jury Award for Best Film — Festival La Chimenea Verde 2010, Villaverde, Madrid
Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature — Provincetown Int'l Film Festival 2010
Mayor of Trencin Honorary Award — Slovakia ArtFilmFest 2010
Outstanding First Feature Jury Award — Frameline34, The San Francisco LGBT
International Film Festival, 2010
Audience Award for Best First Feature — Galway International Film Festival 2010, Ireland
Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement — OUTFEST 2010, Los Angeles
Jury Award for Best Feature Film — Qfest 2010, Philadelphia
Jury Award for Best Director — Qfest 2010, Philadelphia
Audience Choice Award — Vancouver Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Film — Lima Film Festival, Peru 2010
Audience Award for Best Peruvian Film — Lima Film Festival, Peru
On-Line Audience Award for Best Film — Lima Film Festival, Peru
On-Line Audience Award for Best First Feature Film — Lima Film Festival, Peru
Narrative Feature Jury Award – Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
Audience Favorite for Best Foreign Feature — Outflix Memphis Gay & Lesbian Film
Festival
First Jury Special Mention — New England Festival of Iberoamerican Cinema
Jury Award for Best Feature Film — Skeive Filmer, Oslo, Norway
Award for Best Film — Long Beach Q Film Festival
Award for Best Director — Long Beach Q Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Film — Cineamissí, Latin American Film Festival, Helsinki,
Finland
Audience Award — Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Additional documents and photographs available at: undertowfilm.com
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With the support of
CONACINE, FONDS SUD CINEMA, IBERMEDIA, FILMSTIFTUNG NRW
FONDO DE DESARROLLO CINEMATOGRÁFICO
assistant director MANUEL HINOJOSA director of production DELIA GARCÍA
delegate producer MIRLANDA TORRES
casting RODRIGO BELLOTT & GUSTAVO VIDAL
music SELMA MUTAL direct sound ÉDGAR LOSTANAU
sound design DANIEL “GATO” GARCÉS / FRÉDÉRIC THÉRY
editing ROBERTO BENAVIDES & PHILLIP J. BARTELL
art director DIANA TRUJILLO director of photography MAURICIO VIDAL, ACDF
executive producers ANDRÉS CALDERÓN, CRISTIAN CONTI, MICHEL RUBEN, ÉMILIE
GEORGES, OLE LANDSJÖAASEN, CHRISTIAN FÜRST,
ANNETTE PISACANE
producers RODRIGO GUERRERO & JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN
written and directed by JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN
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SYNOPSIS
Miguel is a handsome, young and beloved fisherman in Cabo Blanco, a small fishing
village in the Northern coast of Peru, where the community has deep-rooted religious
traditions. Miguel is married to the beautiful Mariela, who is 7-months pregnant with their
firstborn, but Miguel harbors a scandalous secret: He is having a love affair with another
man, Santiago, a painter who is ostracized by the townsfolk for being agnostic and open
about his sexuality.
When Santiago drowns accidentally in the ocean's strong undertow, he cannot pass
peacefully to the other side. He returns after his death to ask Miguel to look for his body
and bury it according to the rituals of the town. Miguel must choose between sentencing
Santiago to eternal torment or doing right by him and, in turn, revealing their relationship to
Mariela and the entire village. Miguel is forced to deal with the consequences of his acts
and to come to terms with who he really is, even if by doing so he stands the chance of
losing the people he loves the most.
With sweeping images of the beautiful Peruvian coastline, UNDERTOW (Contracorriente)
is the emotional intersection of contemporary sexuality, confronted by tradition and belief.
This sexy and redolent love story is the feature film debut of Javier Fuentes-León and
stars Manolo Cardona (Beverly Hills Chihuahua and the hugely popular telenovela series,
Sin tetas no hay paraíso, and was also named by People en Español as one of its 50 Most
Beautiful People in 2005), Cristian Mercado (Che) and Tatiana Astengo. The film is
produced by Javier Fuentes-León and Rodrigo Guerrero (Maria Full of Grace, Dog Eat
Dog).
LEAD ACTORS
Miguel - Cristian Mercado (Bolivia)
Santiago - Manolo Cardona (Colombia)
Mariela - Tatiana Astengo (Peru)
CAST
Héctor – José Chacaltana
Pato – Emilram Cossío
Isaura – Cindy Díaz
Trinidad – Haydée Cáceres
Carlota – Liliana Alegría Saavedra
Dr. Fernández – Germán González
Tano – Juan Pablo Olivos
Jacinto – Cristian Fernández
Ana – Mónica Rossi
Sra. Rosa – Atilia Boschetti (Guest Artist)
Doña Flor – María Edelmira Palomino
Padre Juan – Julio Humberto Cavero
Sabino – Tomás Fernández
Sergio – Alfonso Gamboa
Baby – Jaziel Yenque Veliz
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DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Contracorriente is my first feature film, a very personal project in which I explore themes
that I believe are very relevant today. Having lived a long time away from Peru has allowed
me to see with a new perspective certain aspects of the society in which I grew up, and to
realize that the concept of “manhood” can sometimes be very distorted there (as it is in
almost all of Latin America), and be replaced by poorer and more limited definitions that
have less to do with honor and authenticity and more with masculinity and power. In a way,
Contracorriente was born out of a personal quest to define what it is to be a true man and
how manhood relates to sexual identity.
Many films have dealt with discrimination and homophobia, but usually represented as an
external force, i.e. the discrimination of others against a person different to them. And
although there is a good dose of that in Contracorriente, I firmly believe that most of the
times our worst enemy is not necessarily the intolerance of others, but our own internal
prejudices, and so I wanted to make that theme an important aspect of the film.
If we can overcome our own prejudices and accept ourselves despite the social
conventions and the false expectations that we create for ourselves, then it will be much
easier to deal with the discrimination of others. Because being at peace with ourselves is
what gives us the strength to face any external obstacle and lets us act with honesty.
Therefore, it was important to explore in Contracorriente the consequences of our
dishonest behavior when trying to hide our true nature due to a vital urge to want to fit into
the accepted parameters of the society in which we live in, and how our misguided actions
sometimes end up affecting the people we love the most.
There is an alarming void of role models for the Latin American men and women who are
struggling to define their sexual identity. My goal with Contracorriente is to tell a
passionate and engrossing story that can connect with a wide audience, regardless of their
sexual orientation, and that can help fill that void.
After all, Contracorriente is a love story, and as such is a story for everybody. True love is
the best tool we have to free people from their fears and traps, and to make them
confident and strong to accept with conviction who they really are, first to themselves, and
then to the people around them… which is vital to foster a healthy and thriving society,
because only a free person in the whole sense of the word can fully prosper, and then
contribute their unique sensibility to the world around them.
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CAST BIOS
Cristian Mercado - Miguel
A prolific artist who is comfortable wearing different hats, Cristian Mercado has
consistently been a powerful force in the Bolivian alternative theater, film and music scene
and is considered one of the most important Bolivian actors of the last decade and today.
Although he started his acting career at the age of 23 in underground Bolivian theater,
Cristian was able to broaden his audience pretty quickly, touring and performing for the
stage around the world since 1997, in countries like Chile, Mexico and France.
His talent has been recognized by Bolivian and international filmmakers alike, landing
leading roles in Paolo Agazzi’s Sena Quina, Steven Soderbergh’s Guerrilla and Javier
Fuentes-León’s Contracorriente
When not acting or directing, Cristian spends his time writing and producing music as the
frontman of his influential alternative band Reverso, which fuses blues and rock with
Bolivian and Latin American folk music.
Manolo Cardona – Santiago
One of the most recognized actors in Latin America, with blockbusters such as La Mujer
de mi Hermano, Rosario Tijeras, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Manolo has also
starred in the Peruvian-Colombian co-production Contracorriente (Undertow), which
premiered at the 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival and will compete at the World Cinema
Dramatic Competition in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Currently, Manolo has several
films in post-production, including Madrid, Mexico and the Last Death.
Manolo has a long career in Latin American television and over 15 years experience in the
entertainment world. He is also a producer and cofounder of 11:11 Films, which produced
the documentary Narcopotamos in association with BBC London.
Tatiana Astengo – Mariela
One of Peru’s most renowned leading actresses, Tatiana Astengo has a long career in TV,
theater and film.
Currently living and working in Spain, Tatiana has created memorable characters that hold
a special place in Peruvian cinema, such as “Pechuga” in Francisco Lombardi’s
Pantaleón y las Visitadoras, the highest-grossing Peruvian film in history, or María in
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Alvaro Velarde’s El Destino No Tiene Favoritos, Best Actress in the VII Festival
Latinoamericano de Cine in Lima.
In recent years Tatiana has received critical acclaim for her performances in Belén Macías’
El Patio de Mi Cárcel (Official Competition 2008 San Sebastian Film Festival), Luis Vera’s
Fiesta Patria and Javier Fuentes-León’s Contracorriente (Sebastiane Award, 2009 San
Sebastian Film Festival).
She is currently alternating her film, TV and theater work between Peru and Spain.
CREW BIOS
Javier Fuentes-León – Writer/Director
After finishing his medical career in Peru, Javier was granted a scholarship from the OAS
and moved to Los Angeles where he pursued a M.F.A. in film directing at the California
Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
His short film Rooms was awarded by the National Film Board of Peru (CONACINE) in
1997 and recognized by the Peruvian film magazine La Gran Ilusión as “among the best
work done by a Peruvian filmmaker in the nineties”. Later, the National Theater of Peru
distinguished his play Mr. Clouds as one of the best plays of the new millennium, which
was published by the National Institute of Culture (INC) in the compilation called
Dramaturgia 2000.
In 1998, Javier started his career in different areas of film and TV in the U.S., becoming
the main writer of TV shows for Telemundo, subtitler of films for the major Hollywood
studios, and editor of commercials and TV shows, like Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels, who
Javier took to Peru in 2007 to shoot a show about Peruvian food.
Javier also worked on his own projects through out these years. He wrote and directed he
most recent short film, Gemini, which screened in many North American film festivals, and
wrote two feature scripts: The Woman Who Feared the Sun and Contracorriente
(Undertow) which he started to write in 2003 under the mentorship of John August (Big
Fish) and John Cooper (Director of the Sundance Film Festival). He received a scholarship
from the Fundación Carolina in Spain to attend their screenwriting lab in 2005, where he
finished his script under the mentorship of the renowned Argentinean filmmaker Lucrecia
Martel (The Swamp) and the Mexican screenwriter Vicente Leñero (The Crime of Father
Amaro). Contracorriente has received multiple awards and distinctions:
• Winner of co-production funding - Programa IBERMEDIA 2008
• Winner of the Feature Film Project Contest – National Board of Film (CONACINE)
2008
• Winner of the Fonds Sud Cinema Fund – 90,000 euros, France, 2007
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• Winner of the NRW Filmstiftung Cultural Fund – 75,000 euros, Germany, 2006.
• Finalist III Latin American Film Projects Lab, Fundación Carolina, Madrid, 2005
• Winner of the Highlight Talent Project and the Highlight Pitch in the Berlinale
Co-production Market, Germany (2005).
• Honorable Mention Script Contest Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine
Latinoamericano - La Habana, Cuba. 2004
• Finalist OUTFEST Screenwriting Lab. Los Angeles, USA 2003
• Semi-finalist 2003 Nicholl Fellowships - Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and
Sciences. Los Angeles, USA.
Currently, Javier is preparing his 3 next projects: The Woman Who Feared the Sun, film
adaptation of his play Mr. Clouds, Pearblossom Highway, a psychological thriller inspired by
a short story by Argentinean writer Julio Cortázar, and Sinister, a rock musical that takes
place in the near future.
Rodrigo Guerrero – Producer
Rodrigo Guerrero, originally from Colombia, studied Film Direction and Production at NYU
- Tisch School of the Arts. He has worked since 1997 in various capacities in over 18
feature films in the US and Latin America, garnering the credits of Associate Producer on
Maria Full of Grace (Academy Award Nomination 2005), Executive Producer on Dog Eat
Dog (Sundance ’08), and Producer on Satanás (Colombian selection for the Foreign
Language Academy Award ‘08) and on Hoguera (Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight 2007 -
short film)
In the past years, Rodrigo has produced Rabia, by Sebastian Cordero, a Mexican,
Spanish and Colombian co-production that premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival;
Contracorriente (Undertow), by Javier Fuentes-León, a Peruvian, Colombian, German
and French co-production that premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival and will be
part of the Sundance Film Festival 2010 – World Dramatic Competition; and Una Hora
Más en Canarias, by David Serrano, a Spanish-Colombian co-production, currently in
post production. These films will be released in 2010.
Rodrigo is currently in development of the following features to be produced in 2010:
Bunker, directed by Andi Baiz, and Que Viva La Música, based on the best selling cult
novel by Andres Caicedo.
Mr. Guerrero currently sits on the Colombian National Film Board in representation of
Colombian film producers. He is based in Bogotá, where he is founding partner of Dynamo,
a production company and Iberoamerican film finance private equity fund.
Mauricio Vidal – Director of Photography
Born in Ibagué (Colombia) in 1969, Mauricio started his career behind the camera in the
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travel show El Mundo al Vuelo with Héctor Mora, shooting around the world for 5 years.
After being the cinematographer of several short films, commercials, and music videos for
bands like Aterciopelados and El Bloque de Búsqueda, he shot his first feature film, La
Historia del Baúl Rosado (Libia Gómez), in 2005. From then on, Mauricio has kept busy
shooting award-winning feature films like Satanás (directed by Andi Baiz), La Milagrosa
by Mexican director Rafa Lara, Chance shot in Panamá with director Abner Benaim, and
Contracorriente directed by Javier Fuentes-León, shot in the Northern coast of Peru.
To keep himself “grounded”, Mauricio has shot several documentaries that have taken him
to the heart of Colombia, its jungles, its coasts, and its armed conflict.
In 2007 he was invited by the International Film School in San Antonio de los Baños
(Cuba) to be the Cinematography Consultant. He is one of the Founders of the Colombian
Society of Cinematographers (ACDF), and a member of the Digital Cinematography
Society.
Diana Trujillo – Art Director
An architect by profession, currently dedicated to Production Design and Art Direction for
Film and TV, Diana is interested in mixing her experience in architecture, design, fashion,
photography and art to create a cohesive visual esthetic in film.
Her film credits include award-winning films such as Satanás, La Milagrosa, Dr. Alemán,
Contracorriente and Lecciones para un Beso.
In between films, Diana designs spaces for cultural events, has exhibitions of her own
photography, and works as an architecture and visual consultant in Cartagena and Bogotá.
She is currently in charge of designing the new image for the Cartagena Film Festival.
Selma Mutal - Composer
Born in Lima (Peru) to Dutch parents, Selma Mutal studied composition at the National
Conservatory of Amsterdam and later attended the Film Scoring Programme at the ‘Ecole
Normale de Musique' in Paris.
She began her film-scoring career writing the score for Madeinusa, directed by Claudia
Llosa, which won many awards worldwide. In 2008, Selma Mutal scored Llosa's second
feature film The Milk of Sorrow, Golden Bear Winner at Berlin Film Festival 2009. In 2009
she also composed the music for Undertow, directed by Javier Fuentes León.
Balancing her work schedule between Paris and other cities, Mutal has composed music
for ballet, theatre, and TV documentaries as well. In 2009, she was commissioned by
Radio France Musique to write an opening composition for the Commemoration of the
20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Rodrigo Bellott – Casting Director
Rodrigo was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 1978. He has a BFA in Film, Photography and
Visual Arts with a minor in Art History from Ithaca College.
His first student film, Destierro, was one of five films around the world nominated for a
student Academy Award in 2001. While still attending college, Rodrigo wrote and directed
Dependencia Sexual (Sexual Dependency), his first feature film. The film had its world
premiere at the 2003 Locarno Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI award. It had
tremendous critical reception at over 56 festivals, including Berlin, Rotterdam, Toronto, AFI
and Telluride. The film was a box office success in Bolivia, and marked the re-birth of
Bolivian cinema as the country's first official selection competing for "Best Foreign
Language Film" at the 2004 Academy Awards. The Los Angeles Times, New York Times
and Time Out NY named Dependencia Sexual as one of the 10 best films of 2003.
Rodrigo's second feature as director, Who Killed the White Llama?, debuted in Bolivia in
2006 and became the highest grossing box office success in Bolivian History. In 2007,
VARIETY magazine named Rodrigo one of the TOP TEN Latin American talents to
watch.
That same year, Rodrigo worked as casting director of three major international films: La
Traque, by French director Laurent Jaoui (starring Franka Potente) as well as CHE part I
and II, directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, starred by Benicio del
Toro. This last film recently premiered in Competition at the 2008 Cannes film Festival and
won the Palm D'Or for best Male performance. Since then, he has worked as casting
director in 5 other international films including Contracorriente by Javier Fuentes-Leon
(Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2009 & Sundance 2010) and Also the Rain
by Iciar Bollain (Staring Gael Garcia Bernal and Luis Tosar).
He is currently casting Independent Films in Mexico and Korea while curating his first
exhibition in Bolivia as part of a Residence in Kiosko, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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END CREDITS
Writer & Director JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN
Producers RODRIGO GUERRERO
JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN
Executive Producers ANDRÉS CALDERÓN
CRISTIAN CONTI
MICHEL RUBEN
ÉMILIE GEORGES
OLE LANDSJÖAASEN
CHRISTIAN FÜRST
ANNETTE PISACANE
Production Supervisor DELIA GARCÍA
Line Producer MIRLANDA TORRES
Assistant Director MANUEL HINOJOSA
Director of Photography MAURICIO VIDAL, ACDF
Art Director DIANA TRUJILLO
Editing ROBERTO BENAVIDES
JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN
Editing Supervisor PHILLIP J. BARTELL
Music SELMA MUTAL
Casting RODRIGO BELLOTT
GUSTAVO VIDAL
Direct Sound ÉDGAR LOSTANAU
Sound Design DANIEL “GATO” GARCÉS
Sound Mix FRÉDÉRIC THÉRY
Costume Designer LESLIE HINOJOSA
Hair and Make Up LUCIANA VALERIA SALOMÓN
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CAST
Miguel CRISTIAN MERCADO
Mariela TATIANA ASTENGO
Santiago MANOLO CARDONA
Sra. Rosa ATILIA BOSCHETTI (Guest Artist)
Héctor JOSE CHACALTANA
Doña Flor MARIA EDELMIRA PALOMINO
Padre Juan JULIO HUMBERTO CAVERO
Trinidad HAYDEE CÁCERES
Pato EMILRAM COSSIO
Isaura CINDY DIAZ
Tano JUAN PABLO OLIVOS
Jacinto CRISTIAN FERNÁNDEZ
Ana MÓNICA ROSSI
Dr. Fernández GERMAN GONZÁLEZ
Carlota LILIANA ALEGRÍA SAAVEDRA
Sabino TOMÁS FERNÁNDEZ
Sergio ALFONSO GAMBOA
Baby JAZIEL YENQUE VELIZ
CREW
Production Coordinator Gustavo Saavedra
Production Secretary Claudia García
Set Coordinator Carlos Carhuayal
Location Manager Marcos Camacho
Production Assistants Ricky Cotillo Paeza
Rocío Jaramillo Ortíz
César Leight Barreto
Production Support, Lima Amalia León de Fuentes
Javier Fuentes Villarán
María Cecilia Fuentes
Mario Velásquez
Erver Rojas
Eleana Illescas
Production Coordinator, Colombia Claudia Roca
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Administrative and
Financing Assistant Ana Julia Donoso
Production Coordinator, France Cynthia Pinet
Legal Sevices, Colombia María Elena Bonilla
Accounting MLV Contadores
Jeannette Pezo
Rocío Baldeón
2nd Assistant Director Jorge Prado Alvarado
Script Zarela Mercedes Flores
Video Assist Paul Ray Córdoba
Casting Producer, Lima Mariasela Castañeda
Casting Company, Lima Spiral
Casting Extras Jackeline Lavado
Casting Producer, Bogotá Juliana Flórez
Talent Coordinator, Lima Lorena Semorile
Dialect Coach Ana María Diminich
Set Decorator Maribel Villagaray
Prop Master Napoleón Quintana
Art Assistants Jhoann Gutiérrez
Pedro Pablo Querebalú
Cristian Parrales
Costume Assistant Gabriela Novoa
Hair and Make Up Assistant Elsa Rucoba
Santiago’s Paintings Luis Felipe Salcedo
Focus Puller Iván Suzzarini
2nd Camera Assistant Iván Perleche
Gaffer Andrés Magallanes
Grips Justo Diestra
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Miguel Angel Morán
Victor Ruíz
Grip/Dolly Guillermo Pérez
Steadycam Guillermo García
Light Rental Muvicentro S.A.C. -
Alberto Francis
Camera Rental Natividad Jaén
Javier Miñaca
Driver Light Truck Ricardo Rioja
Driver Camera Van Carlos Alberto Rioja
Driver Generator Juan Ivan Romero Silva
Underwater Photography Beto Gutiérrez
Amador del Solar
Giovanni Giampietri
Juan Carlos del Castillo
Runner Negative Richard Vera Cáceres
Boom Operator John Gerardo Figueroa
Security Eddy Purizaga
Javier Oviedo
Baltazar Gutiérrez “Talara”
Laundry Beatriz Parrales
Grimanesa Ochoa
Development Coordinator María Amalia Fuentes
Script Development Michel Ruben
Project Development Verónica Triana
Legal Counseling Development Evan Shapiro
Graphic Design Development David Quantic
Principal Credits Design Grant Nellessen
Credit Roll Design Juan Camilo Lezaca
Assistant Editor Olivia Brugues
Natalia Vizcarra
Visual Effects Sean Kennedy
Bill Georgiou
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ELCALVO FILMS
General Manager Alejandro Fuentes
Legal Services Christian Funcke
DELUXE – Post-production Toronot / Telecine Department
Project Manager Gary Brown
Sync Telecine Operator Chris Dover
Colorist-Dailies Chris Blacklock
Video Data Center Operators Bernie Clayton
Mike Seeley
Ryan Logel
Image Supervisor Nick Paulozza
Scanning/Recording Tom Mayclim
Trevor Pickard
Customer Service Nikc Iannelli
EFE-X – Post-Production Colombia/ Sound
Film Projects Director Carlos Julio Acero Q
Film Projects Assistant Yudi Pinzón
Sound Design 5.1 Daniel “El Gato” Garcés
Sound Editing Daniel “El Gato” Garcés
Camilo Pérez
Jean Collot
Foley Daniel “El Gato” Garcés
Camilo Pérez
Jean Collot
José Valenzuela
Audio Assistants María Elisa Ayerbe
Nicolás Ramírez
Juan Felipe Correa
Nicolás Herreño
Tech Support Víctor Vargas
Juan Alberto Narváez
EFE-X – Post-Production Colombia/ Color Correction
General Director Wilson Gómez
Film Projects Producer Adriana Angel
Color / Digital Intermediate Leonardo Otero
José Espinoza
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Conforming Marcela Posada
Master Room Efrén Ignacio Pulido
Jhon Jairo Hernández
Gonzalo Gómez
Tech Support Engineer Víctor Vargas
Juan Alberto Narváez
Carlos Rojas
HEADQUARTER LAB – Post-Production Germany
HD Conforming Martin Sundara
Colorist Andreas Frölich
Post-production Supervisor Touria Arafat-Vornehm
DYNAMO MART – Campaign Design
Marketing Manager Diego Ramirez Schrempp
Marketing Assistants Camila Flórez
Juana Romero
Campaign Consultant Francisco Daza
Campaign Coordinator Lina de Vivero
MARKETING AND PROMOTION MATERIALS
Behind the Scenes Gustavo Saavedra – Director
Carlos Carhuayal – Camera
Diego Montealegre – Editor
Still Photography Héctor Alvarez
Poster Photograph Héctor Alvarez
Materials Design Phillipe Sholz
Trailer LAPOST STUDIO
MUSIC - SCORE
Original Score Composition Selma Mutal
Published by Frédéric Leibovitz Editeur
Violin Line Kruze
Viola Lise Orivel
Cello Aude Brasseur
Guitar and Bass Daniel Díaz
Recorded in Angel Studio – Paris
Music Mix Pierre Jacquot
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Music Supervisor Lynn Fainchtein
Final Mix LOGODIO s.a.r.l.
Sound Mix Studio Buzz
Sound Studio France Cinéphase
Post-Production Manager, France Alexa Rivero
“El Día Que Me Tocó Nacer”
Written and Performed
By Javier Fuentes-León
Produced by José Manuel Barrios
And Luis García H.
“Electro Song”
Written and Peformed
By Manu Blanc
“De La Mano”
Written by Javier Fuentes-León
Performed by Manu Blanc
“No Me Arrepiento de Este Amor”
Written and Performed
By Miriam Bianchi Gilda
“Aunque No Sea Conmigo”
Written by Santiago Díaz Romo
Performed by Celso Piña y Su Ronda Bogotá
Duet with Café Tacuba
Published by Jam Entertainment, Inc.
o/b/o Sacramento Publishing (BMI)
“Mentiras No Mi Amor”
Written by Javier Alexander Villacorta
Performed by Los Villacorta
“Amor Pirata”
Written by Miguel Angel Escalante
Performed by Los Villacorta
“Tu Amor Me Motiva a Vivir”
Written by Pablo Hernández Castillo
Performed by Los Villacorta
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“Cumbata”
Written by Ivan Penqueva
Published by Interpulse Publishing Logikal Studio
Shot on Location in Cabo Blanco, Perú.
elcalvo films
dynamo / Contracorriente Producciones
La cinefacture / Memento Films
Neuecameo Films
All Rights Reserved
2009
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