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Almacenados de Jack Zagha Kababie en el 13° FICM

Almacenados (2015) de Jack Zagha Kababie, forma parte de la Sección de Largometraje Mexicano en competencia del 13°FICM.

El director, que estudió en la Universidad Iberoamericana y en la Universidad de Texas, ha sido ganador del Premio Mejor Narrativa en el Festival de Cine de Austin, junto a Enrique Chmelnik, por su primer largometraje, Adiós mundo cruel (2010). Con su filme En el último trago (2014) fue nominado al Premio Cine Latino en el Palm Spring Festival y para el Premio Internacional del Jurado en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Sao Pablo. Ha trabajado con importantes realizadores como Luis Mandoki, Rodrigo García y Roberto Sneider.

Almacenados aborda un encuentro que dura cinco días, entre el encargado de un almacén donde aparentemente nunca ocurre nada y el joven que está destinado a sustituirlo. La cinta cuenta con la actuación del primer actor José Carlos Ruíz y el joven Hoze Meléndez. La historia ya había sido presentada en obra de teatro, sin embargo el escritor español, David Desola Mediavilla, la había planeado originalmente para cine.

Yossy Zagha, José Carlos Ruiz, Jack Zagha, Elsa Reyes, Hoze Meléndez Yossy Zagha, José Carlos Ruiz, Jack Zagha, Elsa Reyes, Hoze Meléndez

Later, the premiere of Warehoused was held before the public at a gala event with a red carpet and the presence of talent. The film was presented by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, vice president of FICM. During the question and answer session at the end of the film, they said:

Hoze Meléndez on his role and working with José Carlos Ruíz:
“The character of Nin is very similar to me or maybe I’m like him. And about confronting me, well, not confronting me but working together and being led by the hand of an actor like José Carlos for me is incredible. Each day on the set I learned something new. Even before filming began, when we were analyzing the text both of my character and his.”

José Carlos Ruíz on working with Hoze Meléndez:
“It was very pleasant. He’s a very talented young man. We were fortunate to have Jack directing. He knew exactly what he wanted. He had a very good script and a story that he wrote with Desola, the author. And then we had very honest, very severe, very strong communication. And I think that Hoze is a very talented guy. He helped my a lot in the question of delimitation because we talked a lot.”

José Carlos Ruíz on the reaction of the public:
“The truth is I really appreciate their smiles, laughter, the good mood that is felt in the theater because I think that at the end the suffering was worth it.”

Following is a gallery of photos of both events: