Rodolfo Espinosa
Directing
Biography
Rodolfo Espinosa Orantes, also known as "Chofo" Espinosa, is a Guatemalan actor, producer, musician and screenwriter. He is known for filming films such as Aquí me quedo, Otros 4 Litros and Pol. He was born on June 28, 1981 in New York, United States, because his father was under death threat. After several months, he returned to Guatemala where he spent his childhood. Espinoza was a student of Biology, Art History, Latin and Greek at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala; but he managed to find his passion in the world of cinema. He founded his own film company called "Me Llega Films" where his first feature film, "Aquí me quedo" was filmed in 2010.
Known For
The following narrative reveals three different stories, one where a shopkeeper has problems with his television, in which he wants to watch a game, another where a girl from high society who urgently needs to go to a psychologist, gets a flat tire in the road and the other, of two characters who get lost in search of a poet's house.
Stealing roses is prohibited!
Pol is a 14-year-old girl who lives with her father and grandfather, who wants to send them to Russia. Pol must make copies of some documents for his grandfather and on his way he meets Flaco, a boy who is fleeing from another older man who is looking for him.
Pol
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Hostel Don Tulio
Abel takes his girlfriend Meryem to Quetzaltenango to meet his conservative family during the Guatemalan Independence Day celebrations. While Abel struggles to live up to family expectations, Meryem ventures into the city in search of her idol. With secrets and misunderstandings, the couple faces comical and heartwarming challenges during a night of parades and revelations.
Under the September Sun
The plot develops with real and funny moments that are experienced when making Guatemalan cinema, revealing the reality of art in the country.
Making Of
A short method film about a stream gone wrong involving a female video game streamer and her interviewee.
Traca Naca Patantaca
A story about cultural management, misadventures of several individuals, within Cargam, the parcel delivery company.
Cargam
Thirty-something friends Chente, Linares y Mijo set out on a journey to Lake Atitlan, to fulfill the last wish of their recently deceased childhood friend, Chacha: to throw his ashes into the lake and drink the last four beers in his name. On their way, they run over a police officer. Giving him up for dead, the three friends shove the body in the trunk of their car…and that’s when the fun really starts as they face one outrageous situation after another forcing each one of them to come to terms with their own existential crisis.
The 4 Beers
Paco visits the only person he trusts: his uncle Juancho, buried for fifteen years in the cemetery, to ask for help and put his ideas in order.