Film

Film

 “The Ecuador Film Company was founded in Guayaquil, in 1924. During early twenties to early thirties, Ecuador enjoyed its Cinema Golden Age Era. Unfortunately, the production of motion pictures declined with the coming of sound” (Ecuador). Sebastián Cordero has written two major Ecuadorian films that have been in the Sundance Film Festival. One of the movies is Cronicas; this movie is suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the " Monster of Babahoyo" ( Ecuador). The other film was [|Ratas, ratones, rateros]. “This film is about a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in Angel's twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his suffocating family, dragging along his family and friends, in his criminal path” (Ecuador). 