Bastards y Diablos (2015)

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Bastards y Diablos is a 2015 Colombian-American co-production drama film directed by A.D. Freese and written by Andrew Perez, which is based on Perez's own experiences growing up between two cultures and his relationship with his half-brother from his Colombian father. The bilingual film follows two estranged half-brothers, Ed and Dion who reunite when their father, Gabriel passes away, leaving behind a will for his sons to scatter his ashes across the Caribbean scenery that he had a deep connection to in his motherland, Colombia.

Production

Andrew Perez, who wrote the screenplay and cast himself as one of the leads, Eduardo "Ed" Rojas, revealed that the film is semi-autobiographical, based on the events surrounding his father's death and the relationship he formed with his half-brother. Though American and raised in Los Angeles, his family originally hails from Colombia.

While a chiefly American production, produced by RadioactiveGiant, the film was shot all across Colombia through the joint efforts of Pico y Placa, except for one scene which takes place at a coffee plantation; Montenegro, Querétaro, Mexico stood in for the fictional setting.

In an interview with SHOUTOUT LA, actor and screenwriter Andrew Perez commented that he and his small team "hopped on a plane to Bogotá with a first draft" and no production funding, commenting that "everything would be funded on credit cards." Most of the characters had not been cast at this stage, "yet we were burning to leap and take advantage of the lightning in a bottle we had." In a little over a month, he and his crew had a rough version o…

Actor and producer, Dillon Porter was determined to make a bilingual production, saying: "It's really rare to see that [from a film that isn't Bollywood]." He realized that the language barrier for the intended audience, leading up to the premiere in Colombia, would present challenges, although, "this character is speaking English but in a thick accent," he explained.

Perez and Porter pooled whatever resources were easily available to them. Family members played a huge role in standing in for the brothers' numerous relatives and friends (plus, local actors with no acting experience) and preparing locations for the shoot. Some characters portrayed themselves, such as Brunhilde Otto (cast as the grown-up version of Gabriel's lover, Bruni).

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