COCOTE

By Nelson Carlo DE LOS SANTOS

NABIS FILMGROUP (AUSTRIA) - as PROD

Art - Culture - Completed 2017

Alberto (36), travels to his hometown to attend the funeral of his father, killed by a policeman. Upon arrival, his family expects him to participate in rituals contrary to his new religion and avenge the death of his father.

Festivals
& Awards

World Cinema Fund 2015
PRODUCTION GRANT
FONPROCINE DR FILM FUND 2015
PRODUCTION GRANT
PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA 2015
PRODUCTION GRANT
Doha Film Institute 2016
POST PRODUCTION GRANT
IFF Panama 2017
PRIMERA MIRADA GRANT
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Art - Culture, Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ARGENTINA, GERMANY, QATAR
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nelson Carlo DE LOS SANTOS
    • Writer(s)
    • Nelson Carlo DE LOS SANTOS
    • Producer(s)
    • Fernando SANTOS DÍAZ (GUASABARA CINE), Lukas V. RINNER (NABIS FILMGROUP), Christoph FRIEDEL (PANDORA FILM PRODUKTION GMBH)
    • Synopsis
    • Alberto (36), a gardener who works in the city, travels to his hometown to attend the funeral of his deceased father, killed by a policeman. Upon arrival, he finds that there is no burial, but a three day ritual to mourn and celebrate his death. This ritual, with Catholic and African roots, is considered satanic and immoral to the new beliefs of Alberto, now a devotee of the protestant church. During these days of celebrations, Alberto will have another setback; his family announces their true desire for him, to avenge the death of his father. Overwhelmed, Alberto is lost in the repetition of small town life, his thoughts confront different gods 
and the idea of murder presents itself as the only solution to restore some kind of order.