Rapto

Rapto
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Pérez-Garland
Written by	Alberto Rojas Apel Vanessa Saba
Produced by	Victoria Aizenstat Giovanni Ciccia Claudia Farfan Georget Gallet Mauro Guevara Mercedes Roca Vanessa Saba Gustavo Sánchez Katherine Villar
Starring	Stefano Salvini
Production companies	Elefante Miope La Soga Producciones Aleph Cine INCAA Ibermedia
Release date	March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Peru Argentina
Language	Spanish
Budget	$450,000[1]

Rapto (lit. 'Rapture') is a 2019 Peruvian-Argentine mystery thriller film directed by Frank Pérez-Garland and written by Alberto Rojas Apel and Vanessa Saba.^[2] It stars Stefano Salvini.^[3] It premiered on March 7, 2019, in Peruvian theaters.^[4][5]

Synopsis

Sebastian Freyre, an outstanding law student in his last year and belonging to a wealthy Lima family, desperately seeks to find the whereabouts of his kidnapped grandfather. Along with Espinoza, his friend, and teacher, they begin a fight against time to find their grandfather before the four days that the kidnappers have given as the deadline. Along the way, secrets and revelations will come out that his family would never have wanted him to know.^[6]

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:^[7][8]

• Stefano Salvini as Sebastián Freyre
• Osmar Núñez as Espinoza
• Alejandro Holguín as Martín
• Gustavo Bueno as Grandfather
• Sandro Calderón as Dad Martin
• Iván Chávez as Torres
• Giovanni Ciccia as Cárdenas
• Martha Figueroa as Grandmother
• Julia Thays as Mom Martin
• Maria Fernanda Valera as Eve
• Alicia Mercado as Teacher Girlfriend

Production

In November 2015, it was announced that Frank Perez-Garland would work with his wife Vanessa Saba in a new production titled El secuestro (The kidnapping) which they later changed to Rapto (Rapture).^[9] The film was financially supported after being one of the winning productions in the Ibermedia 2015 contest.^[10]

Reception

Rapto drew fewer than 20,000 viewers in its first week in theaters.^[11]

References

1. Rapto (Cine.com) (in Spanish), retrieved 2023-03-15
2. Páucar, Gabriel (2015-11-16). ""Rapto", nuevo filme de Vanessa Saba y Frank Pérez-Garland, con coproducción argentina". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
3. PERU21, NOTICIAS (2019-02-19). "Mira el tráiler de 'Rapto', el thriller policial que protagoniza Stefano Salvini | VIDEO | ESPECTACULOS". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
4. "Se estrena película peruana "Rapto" | El Informante Peru" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
5. ""Rapto", la película escrita por Vanessa Saba está en las salas de Lima". TVPerú (in Spanish). 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
6. DePeru.com. "Rapto - Drama, Perú". www.deperu.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
7. "Reparto de Rapto (película 2019). Dirigida por". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
8. "Reparto Completo de Rapto (Cine.com)". cine.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
9. Zelaya, Ernesto (2015-11-17). "Frank Pérez-Garland prepara un Secuestro". Fotografía Calato (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
10. Matienzo, Renzo (2015-11-20). "Ibermedia 2015: Producciones peruanas "Canción sin nombre", "Rapto" y "Estación desamparados" entre los ganadores". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
11. cinencuentro (2019-03-16). ""Rapto": Entrevista con Frank Pérez Garland y Vanessa Saba". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.

External links

• Rapto at IMDb