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SFFILM Festival

Leaf Blower

Directed by Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal

Mexico | 96

24 Apr
Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 9:45 pm PT

Description

Handsome, brooding Rubén (Alejandro Guerrero), big personality Lucas (Fabrizio Santini) and shy, burly Emilio (Paco Rueda) are best pals on their way home from soccer practice, when Lucas inadvertently loses his keys in a pile of leaves. This small, everyday incident sets the stage for director/co-writer Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal’s charming, sweet and easy-going first feature. As the boys dive into the search for the missing keys, an unabashed, reflective and wistful paean to teenage male friendship unfolds. Broken out into nine chapters, each introduced by a quirky onscreen drawing and chapter title (one delightfully entitled “Potato Bug”), Leaf Blower endearingly paints a cinematic portrait of youthful camaraderie, hormonal angst and the art of hanging out. Rife with wonderful dialogue and relatable situations, and boasting breakout performances by the three leads, this slice-of-life dramedy is also a humorous and touching account of boys on the cusp of adulthood, who, over the course of an afternoon, take their first modest, but significant steps toward becoming men. —Tim Sika

Director Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal

Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal graduated with a degree in directing from the Universidad Autónoma de México, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica and furthered his studies at the Prague Film School. His short, Contrafábula de una niña disecada screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Leaf Blower (2015) is his feature debut.

Film Details

Language Spanish

Year 2015

Runtime 96

Country Mexico

Director Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal

Producer Samuel Sosa, Carlos Sosa, Laura Imperiale

Writer Alejandro Iglesias Mendizábal, Luis Montalvo

Editor Gil González Penilla

Cinematographer Luis Montalvo

Music Aldo Marroquín

Cast Alejandro Guerrero S., Paco Rueda, Fabrizio Santini