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By José PERMAR

VIEWFINDER S.R.L. - as PROD / FIN

Documentary - Post-Production 2020

The quietest desert on the Mexican side of the border is about to be crossed by the biggest all-terrain car race in the world.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival International de Cinema de Nyon 2020

International Competition

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Documentary, Social issues, Drama
- Countries
- MEXICO, USA
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- José PERMAR
- Producer(s)
- Daniela SILVA, José Luis VILLANUEVA, Guillermo ZOUAIN (VIEWFINDER S.R.L.), Wendy MUÑIZ (VIEWFINDER S.R.L.), Oz RODRÍGUEZ
- Synopsis
- The Baja California peninsula is one of Mexico’s least populated and deserted regions. Every year this tranquility is broken by the "Baja 1000", the world's largest all-terrain car race.
  
  In one of the loneliest towns crossed by the race, a group of boys writes corridos. These songs tell the story of three fans: Rigo, Davis, and Paco.
  
  Rigo owns a hardware store. A film enthusiast, he has recorded off-road races for years. This year he transforms his family car into an off-road truck.
  
  Davis, a retired man, lives in an industrial ghost town. He spends his days remembering together with his childhood best friend Chinana the town’s golden years, when they had a career as race pilots.
  
  Paco, a young journalist whose best friend died in a race accident. He decides to join the Baja 1000 as an activist to stop them
  
  The young musicians reappear colorfully and surreally as desert spirits chronicling how Rigo, Davis, and Paco find in their journey something more important than the race itself.