Don Goyo

New Directors Competition

Don Goyo

Don Goyo

Ecuador 2023 Fiction cor 70 min.

The young Cusumbo works on a farm dedicated to the cultivation of sugarcane and the production of rum. She is fascinated by the legends of Don Goyo, a wild black man who lives hidden in the forest and possesses supernatural powers, thanks to a “pact with the devil”. Cusumbo falls in love with Nico, and in her quest to win his love, amidst the machete and booze justice, she gets carried away by the feeling of revenge. Inspired by the book of the same name of the Equatorian writer Demetrio Aguilera-Malta.

Ecuador Latin America love relationship revenge nature

direction

Jorge Flores Velasco

screenplay

Jorge Flores Velasco

cinematography

Dominique Pazmiño

editing

Juan Carlos Cedeño, Frank Vera

sound design

Erick Villegas

production design

Roberto Frisone

art direction

Gabriel Avecilla

cast

Jenifer Carabalí, Carlos Chiriboga, Enrique Guzmán, Vanessa García, Daniel Palma, Rita Reyes

production

Magali Ramos

produced by

Gatazo Producciones

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16