PAPERS

By Arturo MONTENEGRO

PANAMA FILM COMMISSION - as FEST / PROMO / CONS

True Story - Pre-Production 2023

The scandal that shook the world, the woman who brave the storm.

    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • True Story, Crime, Thriller
    • Countries
    • PANAMA, URUGUAY, SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 108 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Arturo MONTENEGRO
    • Writer(s)
    • Arturo MONTENEGRO
    • Producer(s)
    • Andry BARRIENTOS (Q FILMS), Martin ALMADA (CRIATURA CINE)
    • Synopsis
    • Ana Mendez is a lawyer with a promising future whose life has been shattered by the shock of the worldwide Panama Papers scandal. In a minefield of men, Ana, the legal director at the Shubbert Fassano law firm, the world's number two seller of offshore companies, finds herself in the eye of the storm: the investigation lead by the consortium of journalists, that exposes powerful world personalities accused of tax evasion and money laundering. Ana Faces the catastrophic event: 11.8 million papers have been leaked, this is the biggest digital hack in the history of mankind. Ana is the brave woman who tries to contain the damage, without realizing that in the process she will have to sacrifice her husband and three children.
    • Partners & financing
    • Q FILMS
      CRIATURA FILMS
      FILM FUND PANAMA
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Nov 15, 2023
    • End of shooting
    • Aug 30, 2023