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Film · 2016

The Vessel

Directed by Julio Quintana · starring Lucas Quintana, Martin Sheen and Jacqueline Duprey

  • 5.9 AverageMovieNCo
  • 5.1 Users3 votes
  • 6.7 Critics3 reviews

Synopsis

Film debut of director Julio Quintana, who has worked most of his career as a cinematographer. The film focuses on a small town that was devastated by a terrible tsunami. Ten years after the tragic events, where a primary school ended completely destroyed, killing all the children inside, a young rebuild the school in a somewhat mysterious way. The structure will use will be a way of trying to find a settlement in a burning city, where passions and memories have been forgotten and people doesn't want to try remember. Lucas Quintana stars in the film like Leo, with actors of the caliber of Martin Sheen as main principal character and Jacqueline Duprey, complete the cast Aris Mejias, Jorge Luis Ramos and Marian Pabon.

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The essentials

Runtime
86 min1 hour and 26 minutes
Budget
$5mNew Territory Pictures
How long is The Vessel?
1 hour and 26 minutes (86 minutes).
Who directed The Vessel?
Julio Quintana.
Who is in The Vessel?
It stars Lucas Quintana, Martin Sheen, Jacqueline Duprey and Aris Mejias.
Where can I watch The Vessel?
In the UK it is available to rent on Apple TV.
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Director
Julio Quintana
Writers
Julio Quintana

Videos and trailers

All 2 videos

Photos and posters

All 15 photos

Reviews

All 3 reviews
5.1 3 votes

What the critics say average 6.7 from 3 outlets

  • 7.0 VarietyNick Schager "Cuban-American writer-director Julio Quintana's feature debut has an understated formal loveliness that helps offset its more heavy-handed allegorical inclinations". Read
  • 7.0 Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein "It's a strange brew: stark yet beautiful, urgent yet dreamlike". Read
  • 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck "Filmed in a gorgeous, dreamlike style and Infused with heavy doses of mysticism and allegory, The Vessel is an impressive effort that loses some of its impact, however, for being so derivative". Read

Soundtrack

All 6 songs
  1. El Llanto De Mi MadreLydia Mendoza, Published San Antonio Music Publishers, Inc Spotify
  2. Dime Mal HombreLydia Mendoza, Published San Antonio Music Publishers, Inc Spotify
  3. DespiertaMayte Martín Spotify
  4. Seguiré EsperandoLydia Mendoza, Published San Antonio Music Publishers, Inc Spotify

Trivia

  • Filmed in La Perla

    Filmed for the most part in La Perla in San Juan, Puerto Rico. La Perla is a famous ghetto with beautiful views in historic Old San Juan.

  • A Cast

    Features a wide cast of local puertorican actors with whom they also filmed an alternate spanish version.

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