Project Detail

The Engineer

Synopsis

Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America’s most dangerous countries: El Salvador. He’s made it his mission to find the hundreds of missing teenagers who have fallen victim to the country’s brutal gang conflict. The mothers of the disappeared affectionately call him The Engineer. But for The Engineer, death no longer evokes fear. Death is his every day, it has become his art. He calls the bodies he finds “friends” and his office walls are a macabre tribute to them all. Through the eyes of The Engineer this film offers a unique insight into the fight against gang murders in El Salvador.

Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Features
Running time: 94 mins
Director: Juan Passarelli, Mathew Charles
Producer: Mathew Charles, Juan Luis Passarelli
Editor: Juan Luis Passarelli
Screenwriter: Mathew Charles, Juan Luis Passarelli
Director of Photography: Juan Luis Passarelli
Composer: Bacteria Soundsystem Crew, Saraguate.

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Guerilla Pictures

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www.guerrillapictures.tv

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