The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts
in collaboration with Venezuelan Film Festival (VEFFNY)
is proud to host a screening of Papita, Mani Toston (2013) By Luis Carlos Hueck
Date: June, 2015 | Doors open at 6:30pm, Screening starts at 7:00pm
Location: WeWork Soho West
67 Charlton St, 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10014
Take me out (Papita, Maní y Tostón)
Luis Carlos Hueck | 2013 | 100 min
Comedy, Romance
Spanish with English subtitles
Production Co.: Escotilla Films, Factor RH Producciones, Hueck Brothers
Talent: Jean Pierre Agostini, Juliette Pardau, Miguel Ángel Landa
General Admission: $10.00
Friends of VAEA*: free
Contact: 917 285 8232 (VAEA) contact@vaearts.org
To view trailer click here
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Andres (Jean Pierre Agostini) is a fan of Los Leones del Caracas one of the main baseball teams of Venezuela. Julissa (Juliette Pardau) is a fan of Los Navegantes del Magallanes, the rival team. One day Andres gets tickets to see the game in Magallanes’ VIP Zone. He meets Julissa and her dad who is not only fan but one of the team’s managers. Andres and Julissa will fall in love and will have to pretend to be fan of the other’s team. But soon trouble will arise.
The Venezuelan comedy Papita, Peanuts and Tostón became the highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan film, after reaching 1,350,000 viewers.
About VEFFNY…
VEFFNY, founded by Irene Yibirin, the Venezuelan Film Festival in New York -VEFFNY- previously known as FesNuCive is a carefully curated film festival with the commitment to show the very best of the new Venezuelan cinema to the New York audience -a Window into Venezuela and it’s people trough the lens of the most important directors of this South American country, home of one of the most promising new industries in the region. For more information Click Here.
