Pescador

Pescador

2011 · 96 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

Blaquito is thirty years old and lives with his mother in El Matal, a small fishing village on the coast of Ecuador. One day, the beach turns up filled with cocaine packets. Blanquito, along with his friend Lorna, decide to travel to Guayaquil, where people will pay five times more per package. Little does Blanquito realize that in the days that follow he will be staring at death in the eye and losing his head for love.

Directed by Sebastián Cordero · Written by Juan Fernando Andrade

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