The Contestant

Nov 24, 2017

★ 10.0

A society of contestants who will never win.

Overview

A spice company announces a nationwide contest where 2,000 pressure cookers will be handed out in exchange for 20 labels of one of their products. All hell breaks loose when the participants discover that their efforts will come to nothing.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Malta Cine

The Contestant Trailers

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Cast

Pipe

Braian V. Aburaad

Juancho

Kissinger Castillo

Mary

Elena Díaz

Arturo

Daniel Moncada

Mile

Sunami Rodríguez

Cristóbal

Ronaldo Tejedor

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Backlights

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While directing an anthology of short films through different regions of Colombia Helena and her director of photography, encounter through intense creative differences.