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Esteban Rojas and Juan Olivares, two very young independent filmmakers shot this movie on a guerrilla style in the southern Chilean city of Concepción. They directed this film with an extremely low budget, however the result was a surprising one. I was lucky enough to attend the Cine B Film festival in Santiago where the film was released. The story with a rare 80's atmosphere is an original and naive story about the pursuit of happiness and the dreams that define us. Although the acting is unbalanced between an amateur supporting cast and an experienced leading, the story doesn't suffer thanks to a funny script with fresh dialogs that sometimes reminds to comedies such as Napoleon Dynamite.

Walter Cornás (the same of acclaimed Filmatron) stands out as Julio, the uptight architecture graduate who secretly is a Jimmy Hendrix wannabe and loves to play his electric guitar. Unfortunately, everything is against his wishes. His conservative father doesn't approve Julio's passion and wants him to be working along. He believes his son must be introduced to the high-class society so he decides to organize a New Year eve party and let him stand-alone. Obviously the party is going to be a failure, as he just doesn't have a clue. When Julio's little brother Eugenio decides to stay in the house to solve his own personal issues, Julio and his sidekick Vlado will have to deal with all the mess, including the visit of strange characters and his bohemian uncle Lorenzo, played by Miguel Barriga.

Barriga, a real rock musician performs one of his songs in the movie and in the soundtrack as well. His performance as uncle Lorenzo, former vocal of "The Architects" who visits his nephew in the worst moment is a must see.

With great timing, the arch of Julio from an uptight nerd to a rocker wannabe flows easy among small subplots that conclude in an honest, funny and very simple happy end. A rare tiny little gem.