The Eagle and the Worm (2023)
In Guita Schyfter’s El águila y el gusano, an intricate plot serves to intersect the destinies of several characters: the owner of a beauty salon in love with “all things Chinese”, a politician with a taste for oration who couldn’t care less about the problems of his country, a political adviser whose counsel is never considered and a shady investigator with a name that nobody seems to recall. The script by Schyfter and Hugo Hiriart, her longtime collaborator and author of the 2013 novel on which the film is based, bristles with finely-crafted, hilarious dialogue.
Released: Oct 25, 2023
Runtime: 149 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Marcelo Alonso, Dolores Heredia, Germán Jaramillo, Angélica Aragón, Horacio Castelo, Laura Almela
Crew: Guita Schyfter (Director), Sebastián Hiriart (Director of Photography), Yair Ponce (Executive Producer), Pedro Guijarro (Makeup & Hair), Jonathan Ayala Colon (Sound Director), Annai Ramos (Costume Design)