La Familia

Twelve-year-old Pedro roams the streets with his friends, raised by the violent urban atmosphere around him in a working class district of Caracas. After Pedro seriously injures another boy in during a rough game, single father Andres decides they must flee to hide. Andres will realize he is a father incapable of controlling his own teenage son, but their situation will bring them closer than they have ever been.

Venezuela's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Nominated for the Golden Camera and the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

"Often quick on its feet and energetic rather than melodramatic or inward-looking, this is a promising debut..." - Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter