THE GHOSTS

LOS FANTASMAS

By Sebastián LOJO

PATRA SPANOU FILM - as SALES All rights

First film - Completed 2020

Koki makes a living in Guatemala City as a thief by proxy. When the tables are turned, he is forced to witness the consequences of his actions from an almost disembodied perspective.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cine de Lima (online) 2020
Competencia Ficción
Rotterdam IFFR 2020
Bright Future competition
Berlin Critic´s Week 2020
FICCI Cartagena 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • GUATEMALA, ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 76 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sebastián LOJO
    • Producer(s)
    • Remi ITANI (A La Deriva Cine), Bernabé DEMOZZI (Perro Suelto Cine)
    • Synopsis
    • Koki is a young, attractive and charismatic man who makes a living in Guatemala City as a thief by proxy. Across sun-drenched afternoons, he befriends tourists who are suddenly, cyclically mugged. Under cover of night, he seduces men in bars and clubs, leading them to a hotel room where they are robbed. The latter arrangement is in conjunction with Carlos, a middle aged, senior member of staff at the hotel. Away from the dated atmosphere of his workplace, Carlos indulges in another form of rehearsed violence, moonlighting as a wrestler, briefly liberated under a thick shade of make-up. When the tables are turned and Koki is betrayed by Carlos, he finds himself pushed even further into society’s margins, forced to witness the violent effects of his actions from an almost disembodied perspective.