Papi (2020 film)

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Directed byNoelia Quintero
Screenplay byNoelia Quintero
Based onPapi
by Rita Indiana
Produced byRafael Elías Muñoz[1]
Papi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNoelia Quintero
Screenplay byNoelia Quintero
Based onPapi
by Rita Indiana
Produced byRafael Elías Muñoz[1]
StarringAvril Alcántara
Hony Estrella
Amauris Pérez
Olga Bucarelli
CinematographyPedro Juan López
Edited byNino Martínez Sosa
Music byRita Indiana
Luis Amed Irizarry
Production
company
Lantica Media
Distributed byCaribbean Films Distribution
Release dates
  • November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25) (Santo Domingo)
  • November 26, 2020 (2020-11-26) (Dominican Republic)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryDominican Republic
LanguageSpanish

Papi (lit.'Daddy') is a 2020 Dominican surrealist drama film written and directed by Noelia Quintero in her directorial debut.[2] Based on the novel of the same name by Rita Indiana,[3] the film stars Avril Alcántara, Hony Estrella, Amauris Pérez and Olga Bucarelli.[4] It follows the memories and imagination of an eight-year-old girl as she deals with the abandonment of her drug-dealing father.[5]

Sonia, an eight-year-old girl, is waiting for her father, a Dominican mobster who has promised to take her to the beach. Papi keeps her waiting because the trafficking of cars, dollars, merchandise, and girlfriends between Miami and Santo Domingo in the 1980s keeps him very busy.[6]

Cast

  • Avril Alcántara as Sonia
  • Hony Estrella as Rosalia
  • Amauris Pérez as Papi
  • Olga Bucarelli as Cili
  • Orlando Almonte as José Hamilton
  • Jean Luis Burgos as Puchy
  • Ángela Sofía Caro as La Turca
  • Yubo Fernandez as Zoila
  • Rita Indiana as Muerta
  • Canario Joseph as Papa Clari
  • Soraya Pina as China
  • Vanessa Torres as Milly
  • Roger Wasserman as Armando
  • Eddy Avila as Amigo de Papi

Production

Principal photography took place between October and late December 2017 at Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios, located in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[7][8]

Release

Papi had its world premiere on November 25, 2020, at the Downtown Center in Santo Domingo,[9] followed by a wide national theatrical release on November 26.[10]

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