7 Boxes / 7 cajas is the electrifying debut film from the directing team of Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori. The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival of San Sebastian to both audience and critical acclaim. It broke box office records in its native Paraguay, edging out Titanic and becoming the most successful film in Paraguayan box-office history.
An official selection of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and a favorite at the Miami, Edinburgh, and Palm Springs Film Festivals, IndieWire hailed the Paraguayan action-thriller as "The Fast and the Furious with wheelbarrows."
The film follows Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow delivery boy, who dreams of becoming famous and covets a fancy TV set in the infamous Mercado 4. He's offered a chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for a quick $100. With a borrowed cell phone through which the contractor tells him the way, Víctor embarks on the journey. Crossing the eight blocks of the market seemed easy but things get complicated along the way. There is something in those boxes that starts a high-speed wheelbarrow chase in the secret and gloomy corridors of the market. Without even realizing, Víctor and his pursuers will get involved in a crime of which they know nothing.
7 BOXES / 7 CAJAS
A film by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori
(Paraguay, 2012, 100 min. In Spanish and Guaraní with English subtitles)
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