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Los Reyes

Directed by: Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
Runtime: 1hr 18min Year: 2018
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Directed by: Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
Runtime: 1hr 18min Year: 2018
Country: Chile, Germany
Last Screened: Thu 4th Jul 2019

Los Reyes (The Kings) is the oldest skatepark in the Chilean capital of Santiago. This story is about the real kings here: Football and Chola, two stray dogs that have made their home in this open space full of hurtling skateboards and rowdy teenagers.

In Los Reyes (meaning kings), the oldest skatepark in Santiago de Chile, teenagers come together from very different social and cultural backgrounds.

The kings of this park are a pair of playful, inseparable dogs, Chola and Football. Chola is a young and vigorous pooch who spends her days playing with balls in the pools where the skaters ride. Football is an old dog, but beautiful and energetic, who obsessively accompanies Chola in this game.

The human world appears in glimpses of adolescents in transit to adulthood. Fragmentary and ambiguous, the teen presence is transitory, and the focus remains with the physicality of the canine permanent residents.

While the seasons change, and the youths consider their futures, Chola and football keep watch from the edge of society.