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Film by Martin Boulocq
The Visitor
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Theatrical release poster
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Spanish
| El visitante
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Directed by
| Martin Boulocq
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Written by
| Martin Boulocq
Rodrigo Hasbun
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Produced by
| Martin Boulocq
Andrea Camponovo
Hernan Musaluppi
Santiago Lopez Rodriguez
Alvaro Olmos Torrico
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Starring
| Svet Mena
Enrique Araoz
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Cinematography
| German Nocella
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Edited by
| Irene Cajias
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Production
companies
| CQ Films
Empatia Cinema
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Release dates
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- 11 June 2022
(
2022-06-11
)
(
Tribeca
)
- 2 March 2023
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2023-03-02
)
(Bolivia)
- 6 July 2023
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2023-07-06
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(Uruguay)
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Running time
| 86 minutes
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Countries
| Bolivia
Uruguay
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Language
| Spanish
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The Visitor
(
Spanish
:
El visitante
) is a 2022
drama
film directed by Martin Boulocq and written by Boulocq and Rodrigo Hasbun.
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It is about Humberto who seeks to recover the bond with his daughter and offer her a decent life after being released from prison, although obtaining custody will be very difficult.
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Starring Svet Mena and Enrique Araoz.
[3]
It was selected as the Bolivian entry for the
Best International Feature Film
at the
96th Academy Awards
.
[4]
The Visitor
had its world premiere at the 20th
Tribeca Festival
on 11 June 2022,
[5]
where it won Best Screenplay in the International Competition.
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Synopsis
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Humberto, a wake singer who has just been released from jail. His greatest desire is to reconnect with his daughter and offer her a dignified life, but the girl's grandparents, evangelical pastors, are not willing to easily give up custody of their only granddaughter.
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Cast
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Production
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Principal photography
began on 28 October 2019 and ended on 30 November of the same year in
Cochabamba
,
Bolivia
.
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Release
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The Visitor
had its world premiere on 11 June 2022 at the 20th
Tribeca Festival
,
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then screened on 8 August 2022 at the
26th Lima Film Festival
,
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on 5 October 2022 at the 59th
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
,
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on 21 October 2022 at the 46th Mostra Internacional de Cinema em Sao Paulo,
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on 4 November 2022 at the 37th
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
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and on 31 January 2023 at the
Goteborg Film Festival
.
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The film was released theatrically in Bolivia on 2 March 2023
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and in Uruguay on 6 July 2023.
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Accolades
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See also
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