THE MAN OF THE FUTURE

THE MAN OF THE FUTURE

FELIPE RÍOS

2019 / 96’/ DCP

Color

Chile – Argentina

 

Director: Felipe Ríos

Screenplay: Felipe Ríos

Co-writer: Alejandro Fadel

Cinematography: Eduardo Bunster

Editing: Nicolas Goldbart, Valeria Hérnandez

Production Design: Amparo Baeza

Costumes: Francisca Torres

Original Music: Alejandro Kauderer

Sound designer: Catriel Vildosola

Sound: Andrés Polonsky

Sound mixer: Diego Martínez

 

Cast: José Soza (Michelsen), Antonia Giesen (Elena), María Alché (Maxi), Roberto Farías (Alamiro -Cuatro Dedos)

 

Producer: Giancarlo Nasi

Co-producers: Agustina Llambi Campbell, Fernando Brom

Executive producers: Giancarlo Nasi, Fernando Brom, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Catalina Vergara, Fernando Bascuñán, Pablo Sanhueza

Production company: Sagrado Films, Quijote Films

Co-production: Unión de los Ríos (Argentina)

Michelsen, a solitary and rootless old truck driver, is forced into retirement. He sets out on his last trip aboard his truck toward Villa O’Higgins, so-called the end of the world by the truckers of southern Chile. Along the way he begins to let go of everything that, allegedly, his life had: money, family, work, and health. But what seems like a tragedy becomes a journey of illumination, for upon facing the end of the road he manages to redeem himself from the past mistakes and for the first time reconcile with his daughter, Elena.