Cesar's Grill
Synopsis
My father Cesar thought I was going to take over his grillrestaurant in Ecuador, but I decided to pursue art instead and went to Germany. Ten years later he calls me to let me know that his restaurant is bankrupt, that he is in debt to the bank AND several private ‘loan sharks’ and hasn’t paid the rent in over two years. After years of no contact, saving the restaurant becomes our joint project.CESAR’S GRILL tells the story of my return to Ecuador, where I, the vegetarian son, try to solve the problems of my passionately carnivorous father with ideas that might at best work out in Germany. What starts out as an absurd mission, develops to be a touching story about unfulfilled expectations, becoming an adult and responsibility for each other.
Festivals/Awards
Max Ophüls PreisVancouver International Film Festival
Visions du Réel Nyon
Filmfest Hamburg
Ecuadorian Film Festival New York
Le mois du film documentaire
Muestra Cine Latinoamericano
Festival Cinema Latino in Montréal
Congreso Iberoamericano de la Lengua Española
Nonfiktionale
Cast and Crew
- Director Dario Aguirre, Dario Aguirre
- Director of Photography Santiago Oviedo
- Editor Julia Drache
Production Company
FILMTANK GmbHLippmannstr. 53, 22769 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 4318610
Fax: +49 40 43186111
filmtank@filmtank.dehttp://www.filmtank.de
Links / Reference
www.reckfilm.ch