The Return of Lencho (2010)
"El regreso de Lencho" (original title)

LENCHO, a 30-year-old artist and graffiti writer, is back in Guatemala after living a decade in New York. Eager to bring artistic expression to his home country silenced by over 30 years of... See full summary »

Director:

Mario Rosales

Writer:

Mario Rosales (script by)

Stars:

Mario Lanz, Miriam Arenas, Tatiana Palomo

Cast

Credited cast:
Mario Lanz	...	Lorenzo 'Lencho' Aguilar
Miriam Arenas	...	Magali Cruz
Tatiana Palomo	...	Camila Ibarguen
Emanuel Loarca	...	Ernesto 'Neco' Pacheco
Manuel Chitay Cos	...	Marin Pineda (as Manuel Chitay)
Jorge 'El Pumita' Asturias	...	Carlos Robledo
Carlos Chacon	...	El Chino
Douglas Vasquez	...	Sargento Rodriguez
Roberto Díaz Gomar	...	Johnny Montes
Giacomo Buonafina	...	Alex
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jorge Bac	...	Policia #3
Marco Mancilla	...	Policia
Marlene Mancilla	...	Waitress
José Mario Massella	...	Ramón Aguilar
Marva Weatherborn	...	Marva

Storyline

LENCHO, a 30-year-old artist and graffiti writer, is back in Guatemala after living a decade in New York. Eager to bring artistic expression to his home country silenced by over 30 years of terror, Lencho assembles a collective of artists to produce public art projects of social impact. As its first activity, the group organizes an art festival in Rabinal, a small, indigenous village in the Guatemalan highlands. The group's work comes of interest to the director of a secret "social cleansing" program of the national police designed to quash dissension and organizing among the youth. As Lencho labors to coordinate the music, poetry and muralism components of the festival, he finds himself increasingly haunted by memories of the death of his father, a journalist during the civil war. "El Regreso de Lencho" portrays one man's journey to self-knowledge and action: can Guatemala do the same?

---

Taglines:

After 10 years working as an artist in New York, Lencho returns to Guatemala to find out who he is.

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Guatemala

Language:

Spanish Maya English

Release Date:

9 November 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Return of Lencho

Filming Locations:

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Company Credits

Production Co:

Occularis Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

User Reviews