CADEJO BLANCO

By Justin LERNER

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Crime - Completed 2021

A working-class girl from Guatemala City travels to a small port town to infiltrate a gang, in order to find her sister, who has gone missing.


Festivals
& Awards

TIFF 2021
Industry selects
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2021
Current waves
Guadalajara FICG 2021
Icaro film festival 2021
Best editing
Icaro film festival 2021
Best cinematography
Icaro film festival 2021
Best Central American feature
REIMS POLAR 2022
Prix Sang Neuf
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Crime, Thriller, Drama
    • Countries
    • GUATEMALA, USA, MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 125 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Justin LERNER
    • Writer(s)
    • Justin LERNER
    • Producer(s)
    • Justin LERNER (LA DANTA FILMS), Mauricio ESCOBAR (LA DANTA FILMS), Jack HURLEY (LA DANTA FILMS), Ryan FRIEDKIN (IMPERATIVE ENTERTAINMENT), Pedro MURCIA
    • Synopsis
    • After her sister goes missing, Sarita, a working-class girl from Guatemala City, travels to the seaside town of Puerto Barrios to infiltrate a group of young gang members. As she risks her life to join the gang, Sarita becomes involved with her sister’s dangerous ex-boyfriend and gets closer to learning what happened to her sister.