Closing Film – 12th Cine Latino Film Festival

Sunday, October 13 at 7:30pm

Special Guest: Executive Producer Tere Gaviria attending!

ABOUT THE FILM

La Suprema is a remote town in the interior of the Colombian Caribbean. Anastasio "Medialuna" a boxer who left the town years ago is about to fight for the world title. Living still in La Suprema, his niece Laureana, has followed Anastasio’s career with admiration for years because she also dreams to become a boxer. When news arrives that the historic fight will be broadcast live on television, Laureana and her community conceive a plan to watch it. However, a couple of obstacles make their plan complicated. La Suprema never had electricity and there is no TV around either. With equal doses of drama and humor, director Felipe Holguín’s debut feature highlights one of the strongest social and political violence that affects hundreds of small towns in the world: oblivion; but the community’s spirit and determination to fight for their right to exist, to have dreams and make them happen is cleverly transformed in Holguin’s tale in a breath of fresh air, inspiring, poignant and highly entertaining.

LA SUPREMA – En español

La Suprema es un pueblo remoto en el interior del Caribe colombiano. Anastasio "Medialuna" un boxeador que abandonó el pueblo hace años está a punto de pelear por el título mundial. Su sobrina Laureana que aún vive en el pueblo ha seguido con admiración la carrera de Anastasio desde hace años porque ella también sueña con ser boxeadora. Cuando llega la noticia de que la histórica pelea será transmitida en vivo por televisión, Laureana y su comunidad conciben un plan para verla. Sin embargo, un par de obstáculos complican su idea. La Suprema nunca ha tenido electricidad y tampoco hay ninguna televisión cerca. Con dosis iguales de drama y humor, la Opera Prima del director Felipe Holguín destaca una de las violencias sociales y políticas más fuertes que afecta a cientos de pequeños pueblos del mundo: el olvido; pero el espíritu y la determinación de la comunidad de luchar por su derecho a existir, a tener sueños y hacerlos realidad se transforman hábilmente en manos de Holguín en un soplo de aire fresco, inspirador, conmovedor y sumamente entretenido.

PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETY

Cine Latino returns October 9-13 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish and Portuguese language films, special guests, fiestas, food trucks, and more! The 12th annual celebration of the best Latin American, US Latinx, and Ibero Cinema pays homage to the longstanding film industries throughout the Spanish and Portuguese speaking diaspora by showcasing the diversity of their inhabitants, the immense beauty of their geographies, and the magic of their many cultures through the power of film.