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EMPTINESS

VACÍO

By Paul VENEGAS

LA SUMA - as PROD

Crime - Completed 2020

Lei and Wong arrive in Guayaquil amid a dispute in the local Chinatown. Lei's goal is to reach New York, but her future is in the hands of Chang, a despotic mobster who falls madly in love with her. They will fight for their freedom while confronting their own emotions.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Countries
- ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, URUGUAY
- Languages
- SPANISH, MANDARIN, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Paul VENEGAS
- Producer(s)
- Esteban SCHROEDER (La Suma), Paul VENEGAS (Xanadu), Giuliano CAVALLI (Murillo Films)
- Synopsis
- LEI and WONG clandestinely arrive to Ecuador. She has only one goal: New York. He longs to bring his son from China. The future of both is in the hands of CHANG, a bipolar gangster who becomes obsessed with her and knows he owns everyone's abyss.
  
  “EMPTINESS” portrays the anguish of the immigrant, a journey of deep emotions immersed in male power relations, and where people struggle to save their dignity.