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Latas Vacías, also known as Empty Cans, is a 2014 Paraguayan film and the feature film debut of Hérib Godoy.  An early version of the film premiered on 10 October 2013 during the International Film Festival in Asunción and this rough cut won the Premio del Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo, which came with a financial prize that allowed Godoy to complete his filming. A completed version of Latas Vacías had its official premiere on the 20^th of September 2014 at that year's International Film Festival in Asunción^.  Latas Vacías is based on two short films, Accounts (2010) and Pescadape (2011), both of which were written by Godoy and also featured Aníbal Ortiz. Filming took place in Coronel Oviedo beginning in mid-October 2012 and ended on April 12, 2014, making it the first feature film shot in the city.  Within the film's first couple weeks of release it sold 2,120 tickets.

Synopsis

Alfonso (Aníbal Ortiz) is a treasure hunter that focuses his hunts on lost treasures of the Paraguayan War. He succeeds and finds treasure, but shortly after, tragedy unfolds when his son is killed in the line of the robbery.  He's forced to flee and ends up in Coronel Oviedo, a city where he survives in a recycling landfill until; the supernatural love from his demised son comes back to bless him with the ability to recover his stolen treasure.

Cast

• Aníbal Ortiz as Alfonso
• Antonia Florentín Medina as Verónica
• Máximo Florentín as Atilio
• Fátima Aquino
• Sergio Cardozo
• Blas Filártiga
• Dani Gamarra
• Arturo Ortiz
• Miguel Rodríguez

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Reception

ABC Color wrote a favorable review for Latas Vacías, noting that it had a "simple but compelling story" and praising it for making the most of the cast and crew's limited experience and resources.

Awards

• Premio del Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo (2013, won)
•  22º Festival Internacional de Cine a la Mejor Película Paraguaya en Proceso de Terminación (2013, won⁾
• Panambí Award for Best Picture at the International Film Festival in Asunción (2014, won)

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