World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2025 - WINNER Best Ensemble Cast
European Premiere: Berlinale 2025
Festivals:
MOMA New Directors/New Films
Jeonju International Film Festival - WINNER Grand Prize
Lower East Side Film Festival - WINNER Best in Fest
San Francisco Film Festival
LALIFF 2025
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his carefree days come spiralling down.
FEATURE LENGTH FILM
DIRECTED BY JOEL ALFONSO VARGAS
SCREENPLAY BY JOEL ALFONSO VARGAS
PRODUCED BY PAOLO MARIA PEDULLÀ
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY RUFAI AJALA
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY LIA CHIARIN
STANDBY ART DIRECTOR ELLA SCHLESINGER
EDITING BY IRFAN VAN TUIJL
LOCATION SOUND BY MARK BRIN
FIRST ASSISTANT SOUND KIERAN SIMPSON
GAFFERS JORGE QUINTERO & RUBEN FRISCHEISEN
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR ALINA USHAKOVA
SOUND DESIGN BY OMAR GABRIEL DELNEVO
MUSIC SUPERVISOR DAN CAPLIN
COLOUR AND ONLINE - COLOUR BY EMMANUEL
PRODUCTION MANAGER ANDREW GRELL
ORIGINAL SCORE BY NIKLAS SANDAHL
SCREENPLAY BY JOEL ALFONSO VARGAS
PRODUCED BY PAOLO MARIA PEDULLÀ
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY RUFAI AJALA
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY LIA CHIARIN
STANDBY ART DIRECTOR ELLA SCHLESINGER
EDITING BY IRFAN VAN TUIJL
LOCATION SOUND BY MARK BRIN
FIRST ASSISTANT SOUND KIERAN SIMPSON
GAFFERS JORGE QUINTERO & RUBEN FRISCHEISEN
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR ALINA USHAKOVA
SOUND DESIGN BY OMAR GABRIEL DELNEVO
MUSIC SUPERVISOR DAN CAPLIN
COLOUR AND ONLINE - COLOUR BY EMMANUEL
PRODUCTION MANAGER ANDREW GRELL
ORIGINAL SCORE BY NIKLAS SANDAHL
CAST
JUAN COLLADO
DESTINY CHECO
YOHANNA FLORENTINO
NATHALY NAVARRO
JUAN COLLADO
DESTINY CHECO
YOHANNA FLORENTINO
NATHALY NAVARRO
