600 MILES

600 MILLAS

By Gabriel RIPSTEIN

LUCIA FILMS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2014

Arnulfo Rubio, a young gun trafficker between the United States and Mexico, is being followed by ATF agent Hank Harris. After a mistake by Harris, Rubio smuggles the agent to Mexico. While these two enemies slowly connect, they reach a place where the only way out will be by trusting each other.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2015
Best First Feature
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gabriel RIPSTEIN
    • Writer(s)
    • Gabriel RIPSTEIN, Issa LOPEZ
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/7BA6-9D75-3E08-3E4C-9E48-I
    • Producer(s)
    • Michel FRANCO (Lucia Films), Moises ZONANA (Lucia Films), Gabriel RIPSTEIN (Lucia Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Arnulfo Rubio, a young man from Sinaloa, is a fresh-faced, low-level operator in the gun smuggling trade between the United States and Mexico. He’s ambitious, but also impulsive, and a bit naive.

      Things seem to be going well for Rubio. He acquires and transports small batches of guns with no major difficulty. But Rubio doesn’t know that Hank Harris, a veteran ATF agent who is part of the “Fast and Furious” initiative put forth by his agency, has been closely following his many gun shop and gun show purchases.

      In spite of being cautious while following Rubio, a small misstep puts Harris’ life in danger. And Rubio, desperate, puts the ATF agent in his truck and crosses the border to Mexico with him.

      During their journey, Harris tries to connect with Rubio. But the young man resists. He doesn’t want to know anything about this federal agent. It’s only after Harris manages to save their lives at a narco checkpoint that Rubio slowly opens up. And the two men get to know each other.

      Rubio decides to take this man to Culiacan, to his bosses, so he can work for them as an informant. Harris’ attempts to dissuade him are in vain; Rubio has made up his mind.

      It is only when they arrive in Culiacan that Rubio realizes the gravity of his mistake. Not only is he ordered to kill Harris-- he also realizes they’re going to get rid of him, too.

      And now, in a place where loyalty is frail and mistakes can be deadly, Rubio and Harris will desperately try to get out alive. And the only way to do that will be by trusting each other.