Empty Cans

Empty Cans (2014)

Latas vacías

Alfonso is a man in search of missing gold left buried all over Paraguay during the years of the country's war against Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in the 19th Century. He actually finds treasure, but with it comes misfortune, and soon he finds himself pennyless and working as a trash recycler, living in poverty but peace. Then the gold comes within his reach again, and tragedy comes back to haunt him.

Date of release
2014-09-20
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Director
Hérib Godoy

Casting

Interesting facts

Latas vacías, also known as Empty Cans, is a 2014 Paraguayan drama film co-written and directed by Hérib Godoy in his directorial debut.

Production

A completed version of Latas vacías had its official premiere on 20 September 2014 at that year's International Film Festival in Asunción.

Latas vacías is based on two short films, Accounts (2010) and Pescadape (2011), both of which were written by Hérib Godoy and also featured Aníbal Ortiz. Filming took place in Coronel Oviedo beginning in mid-October 2012 and ended on April 12, 2014, making it the first feature film shot in the city. Within the film's first four weeks of release it sold 2,120 tickets.

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