Starring Andrea Archila and Xavier Gonzalez, the film follows Michelle and David as they make their way to Michelle’s wedding. But when a flat tire leaves them stranded in the desert, simmering tensions come to the surface. Still mourning a recent loss, their emotional wounds erupt into a visceral confrontation inside an abandoned house—one that forces them to fight for their lives, and ultimately, for each other.
Screening:
Friday, April 24 · Friday PM Binge
Director:
Gabriela Paciel
Writer:
Gabriela Paciel
Starring:
Andrea Archila, Xavier Gonzalez
About the Director
Gabriela Paciel is a Cuban bilingual writer and director born and raised in Havana. She started her career writing for the Mexican TV shows EL RIVAL MAS DEBIL and DOBLE CARA. She wrote and directed numerous short films, such as EL VIEJO (The Old Man), selected in more than twenty festivals around the world including the Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Havana Film Festival), LALIFF (LA) and Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI Colombia); TO PLAY WITH FIRE, which screened on DishLatino and Vix+ (Pantaya) and more recently THE COOKBOOK, which premiered at Cinequest 2022.
She was part of the Latino Film Institue + Netflix Inclusion Fellowship 2024-25 cohort, and she has participated in several film programs, including the Torino Film Lab, Cine Qua Non Lab, Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today, Warner Media's Initiative Access to Festivals: Sundance, and RIFF Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab.
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