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Chance
Monica Rubio
average rating from 18 members 
       
documentary | 2001 | Yorkshire & Humber | Spanish | 18 min
Published 10 Oct 06
A film about faith, belief and coincidence.
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synopsis
Set in the Caribbean north of Colombia, Chance is the unbelievable yet true story about individuals and communities that found numbers on frogs and tortoises and used them to bet and win on the "Chance", a gambling game which uses the lottery numbers.
short fact
"I like going to remote places with a vague idea about the type of characters I might meet and the stories they can tell. Then I trust in randomness and luck in the hope of finding the real reason.

Chance was the result of one of those trips, knowing only a little about what happened."
crew
  • director Monica Rubio
  • writer Monica Rubio & Maverick Litchfield-Kelly
  • producer Maverick Litchfield-Kelly
  • editor Patricia Gomes
  • director of photography Boris Teran
  • sound Paul Fletcher & Eddie Pulford
cast
  • Rubi Ramirez
  • Samuel Perez
  • Monica Serje
  • Francisco”Terry” Otero
  • Carlos Higgins
  • Luis Arteta
  • Alfredo Aurela
festivals, awards and screenings include:
  • Best short Factual, Royal Television Society 2002
  • Main Prize, Oberhausen Short Film Festival 2001
  • Official selection Media Wave, Hungary 2001
  • L’alternativa Barcelona, 2001
  • TAL TV Channel, Brazil 2006
  • Canal Capital, Colombian TV 2002
  • 100% Colombian Film Festival, France 2003
  • MeustraDoc Festival, Bogota 2003
    • format
    digital
    budget
    £4500
    © 2001 Monica Rubio

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    comment by sarah  irvin
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    posted Jan 13, 2007

    a pretty cool film.. i think i could have been shorter and perhaps a little more to the point. An interesting concept.. I kept watching out of pure curiosity. i liked the end 'does the from just appear, or does it decide this is where ill leave the luck.'

    comment by william  fisher
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    posted Oct 20, 2006

    I love it. A gem of a film that captures the gentle fatalism and capacity of these villagers to see the miraculous or magical as common place and universal.

    comment by luke  losey
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    posted Oct 12, 2006

    Great little film, filled with magic - dosent seem 18 minutes long, i was pulled into it from the start!

    More please!
    comment by andy  isaac
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    posted Oct 12, 2006

    I really thought provoking piece. i enjoyed although a little long I stay'd with it and made me think a day later.

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    The Sheffield Documentary festival as part of their retrospective
    more shorts with similar themes

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