KARNAWAL

By Juan Pablo FÉLIX

BIKINI FILMS (ARGENTINA) - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

During Carnival, on the Argentina-Bolivia border, a young dancer prepares for the most important competition of his life when his highway-robbing, ex-convict father returns and jeopardizes everything.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2019
Primer Corte
Toronto - TIFF 2020
Toulouse (ARCALT) 2020
Malaga 2020
Best Iberoamerican Film
Guadalajara FICG 2020
Best Director
SANFIC 2021
Best Film
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Juan Pablo FÉLIX
    • Writer(s)
    • Juan Pablo FELIX
    • Producer(s)
    • Edson SIDONIE (BIKINI FILMS (ARGENTINA)), Diego ROUGIER (PICARDIA FILMS), Ana Alice DE MORAIS (3 MOINHOS), Joceline HERNANDEZ (Phototaxia Pictures), Hilde BERG (Norsk Filmproduksjon A/S), Gerardo GUERRA (LONDRA FILMS P&D)
    • Synopsis
    • Cabra is a rebellious teenager who lives with his mother in the North of Argentina, near the Bolivian border. He dreams of becoming a professional Malambo dancer – the gauchos folkloric tap-dance. While training for his most important dance competition, Cabra receives the unexpected visit
      from his father, El Corto, a conman who has the permission to leave jail for a few days. El Corto takes Cabra and his mother on a mysterious journey along the roads of northern Argentina, where father and son reconnect. While trying to find out why El Corto is taking them on this trip, Cabra and his mother suddenly find themselves involved in a violent
      hold-up. Simultaneously on the run and lost in the middle of the desert, Cabra struggles to return in time for his dance contest. Will he get there in time? And will he have to abandon his father to follow his dreams?