LIGHTNING FALLS BEHIND
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2017

LIGHTNING FALLS BEHIND

Directed by Julio Hernández Cordón

Info

Director: Julio Hernández Cordón
Section: International Independents
Country: Costa Rica, Mexico
Year: 2017
PT: ATRÁS HAY RELÁMPAGOS
OT: ATRÁS HAY RELÁMPAGOS
Language: Spanish
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Adriana Álvarez, Natalia Arias, Francisco Matamoros, Francisco „Gato“ Ortíz, Lou Uba
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

LIGHTNING FALLS BEHIND

Sole and Ana make a pact: they will never exchange their racing bicycles for a polluting, warm car. Their friends Frank, Gato and Lou are also married to their BMX: nothing is more important than stunts and night-time street races. In Sole’s grandmother’s garden, the girls find some old cars with, in one of the boots, a gruesome find that is a wake-up call. While they realize a secret dream by using one of the cars as an ‘Uber’ taxi, their friendship is also put to the test.

Meet the director

LIGHTNING FALLS BEHIND

Julio Hernández Cordón

Julio Hernández Cordón was born in North Carolina in 1975 to a Mexican father and Guatemalan mother. He majored in Communications at the Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala City, and in film at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. His first feature film GASOLINE (2008) won the Horizonte Award at San Sebastian. MARIMBAS FROM HELL (2010) won the Jury Award at the Miami Film Festival. I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY screened in competition at Locarno.

Credits

Screenplay: Julio Hernández Cordón
Director of Photography: Nicolás Wong
Film Editor: Mauricio Lenz
Production Designer: Carolina Lett
Costume Design: Carolina Lett
Sound: José Romel Tuñón
Producer: Adriana Álvarez, Natlia Arias, Nicolás Wong
Production Company: De raiz producciones
Co-Producer: Julio Hernández Cordón
Co-Production Company: Rey Poeta