Trailer for Road to La Paz, which screened at PSIFF.
Well-intentioned but unmotivated, Sebastian (Rodrigo de la Serna, The Motorcycle Diaries) enjoys a life of hanging with friends and tending to his late father’s prized Peugeot while his wife Jazmin (Elisa Carricajo, Viola) pines for financial security and parenthood. After receiving a series of wrong-number calls to a taxi company, Sebastian senses an opportunity and opens his own ad-hoc cab service, quickly taking on elderly client Jalil (Ernesto Suarez), a devout Muslim.
Jalik has an unusual request: to drive him 2,000 miles from Buenos Aires to La Paz, Bolivia, so that he and his brother might begin their hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca. In desperate need of Jalil’s generous terms, Sebastian agrees to transport the ailing man, undertaking a life-changing journey filled with unpredictable roadblocks, revelations and an unexpected grace.