Gasolina (film)
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Gasolina is a 2007 Guatemala
n film written and directed by Julio Hernández. The film deals with dehumanization, lack of purpose and recklessness in Guatemalan youth by following the exploits of three teenage boys who go out on a midnight joyride outside their housing project, stealing gasoline
from other vehicles along the way. It stars Jose Andres Chamier, Carlos Dardon and Francisco Jacome.
from their neighbors cars and roam the streets, looking for any and every form of entertainment, but they soon learn that even the simplest actions can have consequences way beyond anything they imagined. And some lessons are learned too late.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
n film written and directed by Julio Hernández. The film deals with dehumanization, lack of purpose and recklessness in Guatemalan youth by following the exploits of three teenage boys who go out on a midnight joyride outside their housing project, stealing gasoline
Gasoline
Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...
from other vehicles along the way. It stars Jose Andres Chamier, Carlos Dardon and Francisco Jacome.
Plot
This feature film from Guatemala tells a story of three middle-class teenagers on a high-octane ride to hell outside the safety of their colonia. They siphon gasGas
Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...
from their neighbors cars and roam the streets, looking for any and every form of entertainment, but they soon learn that even the simplest actions can have consequences way beyond anything they imagined. And some lessons are learned too late.