Bolichicos

Juan Avella, Writer/Director 
Diego Najera, Producer 

Sloan Grant(s) Received: 2019, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca Film Institute 

Project Type: Feature 

Genre: Thriller 

Length: 109 pages 

Field of Science: Economics 

Stage: Development 

Synopsis 

In 2006 Venezuela—at the beginning of the country’s collapse—a privileged 20-year-old recruits the maid’s strait-laced son to carry out a currency exchange scam that ends exploiting the country’s poorest citizens and turning brother against brother. Inspired by true events.