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Sebastián is hired to take Jallil, a Muslim retiree, on the most important mission of his life. What begins as an inconvenient trip turns out to be a life-changing adventure.
Thirty-five-year-old Sebastián’s greatest passions are his old Peugeot 505 and the prog-rock band Vox Dei. Short of cash, Sebas takes a job as a limo driver. Among his passengers is the ailing and unkind 85-year-old Jalil, an observant Muslim, who offers Sebas a large amount of money to take him from Buenos Aires to La Paz. What starts out as an inconvenient trip turns out to be a significant adventure for Sebas. Jalil explains that he is going to meet his brother Nazim, whom he has not seen for 40 years, and peregrinate to Mecca. After the long and winding road to La Paz, Jalil is reunited with Nazim. Sebas heads home, his mission accomplished, his life changed.

Credits

Director
Francisco Varone
Screenwriter
Francisco Varone
Producer
Gema Juarez Allen, Juan Taratuto
Production Company
Gema Films
Sales Company
Sandro Fiorin
Cast
Rodrigo de la Serna
María Canale

About the Director

Francisco Varone
Francisco Varone was born in 1978 in Buenos Aires. In 1999, he graduated from the Universidad del Cine and started his career as an assistant director on commercials and feature films the following year. He has received three Lions d'Or at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, a Clio Award and a Sol de Oro – San Sebastián for some of the nearly 100 commercials he shot between 2005
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