7 Boxes

"The rules are simple: Deliver or Die"

2012 1h 46m ES

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 143

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Synopsis

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It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.

“The rules are simple: Deliver or Die”

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Cast

Celso Franco
Victor
Lali González
Liz
Víctor Sosa
Nelson
Nico García
Luis
Paletita
Dario
Manu Portillo
Official Servián
Mario Toñánez
Sergeant Osorio
Nelly Davalos
Tamara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tana Schémbori
Writers: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori, Tito Chamorro
Languages: Guarani, Korean, Spanish
Countries: Paraguay, Spain

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Guarani, Korean, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Paraguay, Spain.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tana Schémbori, shot by Richard Careaga. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Fran Villalba. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Juan Carlos Maneglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Celso Franco and Lali González and Víctor Sosa carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The rules are simple: Deliver or Die".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tana Schémbori directs. Richard Careaga behind the camera. Fran Villalba scores. Juan Carlos Maneglia cuts. Produced in Paraguay, Spain. Dialogue in Guarani, Korean, Spanish.

Trivia

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1Released 14 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Guarani, Korean, Spanish.
3International production across 2 countries: Paraguay, Spain.
4Directed by Tana Schémbori, shot by Richard Careaga. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Fran Villalba. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Juan Carlos Maneglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Celso Franco and Lali González and Víctor Sosa carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The rules are simple: Deliver or Die".
9IMDB entry: tt2333598 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Richard Careaga
Original score: Fran Villalba
Editing: Juan Carlos Maneglia
Makeup / hair: Amalia Vera
VFX supervisor: Rafael Galdó
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Status: Released
Original language: ES
IMDB: 7 Boxes (2012)

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CinemaSerf2026-09-07
★ 7/10
Who knew that the world of the wheelbarrow delivery lad was quite so competitive? Well in Asuncíon it's pretty cut-throat and so when seventeen-year-old "Victor" (Celso Franco) sneaks a job away from "Nelson" (Víctor Sosa) he is quite literally taking his life in his hands. The job? Well he is promised $100 if he takes some boxes from a market business and keep them company until he receives further telephone instructions via a borrowed phone. That all sounds fairly straightforward, and the cash will buy the young man his very own cell, but of course with "Nelson" recruiting his mates to track down "his" merchandise and both "Victor" and his curious - and often quite interfering - pal "Liz" (Lali Gonzales) now aware of just what is in their consignment, the next few hours are going to prove quite perilous for all concerned. What chance he is going to emerge from the night alive and with his cash? The stories - there are a few subplots, too - hit the ground running and rarely pause for breath as the slightly episodic storyline unfolds to give us a little comedy amidst quite a compelling thriller. The acting from both Franco and Gonzales is engaging and though there can't have been much of a budget, there is good use made of their large closed-covered market and it's many busy corridors and dingy cubby holes whilst introducing just an hint of gangland rivalry too. The conclusion is perhaps a little rushed - and maybe a little unneccessarily bloody, but there is some imagination at work here to craft something just a little different. Worth a look.

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