Project Detail

Ysrael

Synopsis

Rafa and Yunior - 12 and 9 - are living with their Uncle in the country, because their mother is too poor to take care of them. The boys get bored on the animal farm until they meet Ysrael, a boy who wears a mask to hid his deformed face caused by a bite from a pig when he was little. The boys decide to visit Ysrael and remove the mask to see what he looks like, never suspecting this experience would mark them for the rest of their lives.

Details

Year: 2001
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 12.40 mins
Format: 16mm, Optical, Agfa
Director: Leticia Tonos
Producer: The London International Film School
Executive Producer: The London International Film School
Screenwriter: Leticia Tonos, based on Junot Diaz’s short story Drown
Director of Photography: Daniele Abate
Sound: Jack Martelli
Principal cast: Abel Castille, Anthony Castille, Stanley Geronimo

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The London International Film School

Contact: Chrissy Bright (Librarian)
24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9HP
UK

T+44 020 7836 9642 / Direct Line 020 7240 0161

c.bright@lifs.org.uk

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www.lifs.org.uk

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