Hecho en China

Hecho en China (literally: Made In China) is a 2012 Mexican road movie directed and written by Gabriel Guzmán Sánchez, and starring Odiseo Bichir. It is produced by Alejandra Garcia and Antonio Urdapilleta for IMAGYX Entertainment, Canal 22 and IMCINE. It was filmed in Mexico and first released on March 7, 2012 at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.

Hecho en China
Directed byGabriel Guzmán Sánchez
Produced byAlejandra García
Antonio Urdapilleta
Screenplay byGabriel Guzmán Sánchez
StarringOdiseo Bichir
Víctor Hernández
Carlos Cobos
Eduardo España
Claudia Ramírez
Mario Zaragoza
Omar Fierro
Music byRodrigo Montfort
CinematographyAlejandro Cantú
Edited byGabriel García Campillo
Production
company
Canal 22 (México)
IMAGYX Entertainment
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
Distributed byInstituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE) (worldwide)
Release date
Running time
91 min.
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Marcos Marquez (Bichir) has just turned 50. He's a serious, respectful, knowing man living in Tijuana, owner of a Chinese restaurant he inherited from his parents. But Marcos isn't thrilled about celebrating his birthday because it reminds him of his vanishing youth dreams.
But this time it's different: he's just received an invitation to Clara's wedding, the only girlfriend he ever had, as well as threats from a Chinese mobster who's forcing him to sell his business.
Since he hates flying, Marcos decides to drive to the wedding in Monterrey (a city on the opposite side of the country). What he doesn't know is that Fernando (Hernández), his 18-year-old rebellious employee, is riding in his trunk.
When Marcos finds Fernando, they're forced to ride together, pushing Marcos to experience things he's never had the courage to do, realizing that even though he's 50, he's still capable of making his dreams come true.

Cast
  • Odiseo Bichir as Marcos Márquez
  • Víctor Hernández as Fernando Fernández
  • Carlos Cobos as Odiseo
  • Eduardo España as George
  • Claudia Ramírez as Clara
  • Mario Zaragoza as Tony (the mechanic)
  • Omar Fierro as Homero Garza
  • Norma Angélica as Mrs. Gilda
  • Taka as Yang Li
  • David Loji as Juan Mao
  • David Colorado as Nacho
  • David Arauza as Policía de Caminos
  • Eduardo Cantú as Marcos (11 years-old)
  • Nancy Zhou as Pei-Pei
  • Francisco Colmenero as the Narrator

Production

Hecho en China is one of three winning films of the Primera Convocatoria de Apoyo a la Producción de Largometraje Telefilm Digital (First Digital TV Feature Film Production Competition) organized by Canal 22 (a television station operated by the Mexican Secretariat of Culture) and FOPROCINE (Film Production Fund) through IMCINE (the Mexican Film Institute), to promote the production of Mexican cinema.[1]

The film has the sad distinction of having one of the last screen appearances of the late actor Carlos Cobos, an Ariel Award winner for the film Pastorela (2011), who passed away months before the film's premiere. [2]

Reception

The film received favorable reviews through the festival circuit. Brazilian critics compared some of its sequences with films such as Amélie and the Argentinian Chinese Take-Away (Un cuento chino).[3]

Distinctions

Awards
YearFestivalCategoryResultRef
2013Jaipur International Film Festival (Jaipur, India)Best original screenplayWon

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Festivals
YearFestivalCategoryRef
20139º CINEMAISSI Finland Latinamerican Film Festival (Helsinki, Finland)Official selection[6]
20139th Santiago International Film Festival (Santiago, Chile)World Vision Selection[7]
2013Premios Tal (Montevideo, Uruguay)Finalist, Producción de Unitario[8]
2013SAFILM - San Antonio Film Festival (San Antonio, Texas, United States)Special screening[9]
20138th Sinemardin International Film Festival (Mardin, Turkey)Official selection[10]
201311th Annual Riverside International Film Festival (Riverside, California, United States)Official selection[11]
2013CINERAMABC Film Festival (Balneário Caimború), Brasil)Official selection[12]
2013Sonoma International Film Festival (Sonoma, California, United States)LatinAmerican Cinema Selection[13]
2013CINEQUEST (San Jose, California, United States)Official selection[14]
20128º Monterrey International Film Festival (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico)Official selection[15]
201227º Guadalajara International Film Festival (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)Special Screening[16]

References
  1. "Canal 22 - Cinema 22". Canal 22 (México).
  2. "Cobos, presente en Monterrey". El Universal (Mexico City).
  3. "Sobre Café e Cinema". Hecho en China.
  4. "Aristegui Noticias". Aristegui Noticias.
  5. "5to Festival Internacional de Cine de Jaipur". Jaipur International Film Festival.
  6. "9º CINEMAISSI Finland Latinamerican Film Festival". CINEMAISSI Finland Latinamerican Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  7. "9th Santiago International Film Festival". Santiago International Film Festival.
  8. "9th Premios Tal". Premios Tal. Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  9. "San Antonio Film Festival". San Antonio Film Festival.
  10. "8th Sinemardin International Film Festival". Sinemardin International Film Festival.
  11. "11th Annual Riverside International Film Festival". Riverside International Film Festival.
  12. "CINERAMABC Film Festival". CINERAMABC Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  13. "Sonoma International Film Festival". Sonoma International Film Festival.
  14. "CINEQUEST". CINEQUEST.
  15. "Monterrey International Film Festival". Monterrey International Film Festival.
  16. "Guadalajara International Film Festival". Guadalajara International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-09-05.


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