Blood, Passion & Coffee

Blood, Passion & Coffee (2019)

Café con Sabor a mi Tierra

A story inspired by real events, which revolves around a coffee producing family (from Marcala, Honduras) in which their harvest is impacted by the plague of rust and low coffee prices. Trying to survive, migration will be one of the options to save their farm. But it will not be the biggest obstacle they will have to overcome, but also death will put them to the test and measure them to see if a strong family bond is unbreakable; showing the sacrifice, passion and faith that exists behind the cup of coffee consumed in the world.

Date of release
2019-12-31
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
Carlos Membreño

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Blood, Passion and Coffee is a 2019 Honduran drama film directed by Carlos Membreño. It was selected as the Honduran entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Production

The director, Carlos Membreño, was inspired by his own family background in coffee farming; due to the effects of coffee rust, his family was forced to switch to cattle ranching and corn farming. He stated that the film was intended to dignify the work of coffee farmers, reveal the hard work they perform, and illustrate the human side behind every cup of coffee that is consumed.

The film was shot in six locations in Honduras, Germany, and Spain. Filming took place on location in Marcala, a Honduran municipality where quality coffee is produced. The scenes filmed in Bremen, Germany and Tortosa, Spain depict the unloading and consumption of coffee imported from Honduras.

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