• Director(s):

    METTELSIEFEN (Marcel)

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2023

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Situated between the world's two biggest cocaine producers, Colombia and Peru, Ecuador was once a haven of peace and stability in South America. But in the space of a few years, the country has been transformed into a narco-state.

The major transnational drug cartels of Mexico, Colombia and the Albanian mafias, among others, have joined forces with the gangs, unleashing one wave of violence after another.
Bella Sanchez and Ivan Vargas live in a small village near the coastal city of Guayaquil. Over the past three years, members of a drug gang have killed three members of their family. Their eldest son, Angel, has been in prison for months for a murder he didn't commit. Bella and Ivan want justice, but their fight seems as dangerous as it is futile...
Violence has engendered a climate of fear, where omerta reigns for fear of reprisals. The police and judiciary are bribed and threatened by organized crime, whose impunity encourages the escalation of score-settling.
Most Ecuadorians have lost all hope for the future, and more and more want to leave the country. In 2023 alone, the number of men and women attempting to enter the United States illegally rose by 300%.