Jan
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Screening 1: 7 Boxes | 7 cajas (2012)
Director: Tana Schémbori & Juan Carlos Maneglia
Country: Paraguay
Release Year: 2012
Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Runtime: 100 min
Synopsis: It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.