Los Buscadores (2017)
9KLos Buscadores: Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori. With Tomás Arredondo, Cecilia Torres, Christian Ferreira, Mario Toñanez. Los Buscadores follows Manu (Tomás Arredondo), a newspaper delivery boy who lives in La Chacarita and works in the outskirts of Asunción, who one day receives a book that talks about the history of Paraguay, but later discovers that he is hiding a map that may or may not reveal the exact location of a treasure hidden at the time of the Triple Alliance War. Together with his friend Fito (Christian Ferreira) and Don Elio (Mario Toñanez), a gentleman who knows about the adventures of the silver “los buscadores” of Yvyguy, they decide to follow the clues and look for the treasure, which would put an end to the economic problems that everybody is going through living very close to the flooding of the Paraguay River.
“This is an excellent caper movie by the director of the superb u0026#39;7 Boxesu0026#39; from a few years ago. Initially, I thought this might be a u0026#39;Young Indiana Jonesu0026#39; (or should I say u0026#39;Young Paraguay Jonesu0026#39;?) as our young hero looks for a treasure map. Instead, the movie soon smoothly transitions into an excellent caper movie. Plans are made and go awry. Other groups try to horn into the action, and a lot of fun chaos ensues.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie gradually introduces quite a few characters, but they are well-drawn and well acted, so it is never difficult to tell them apart. The Asuncion setting is also interesting, with the river rising to threaten whole neighborhoods. The motif of rising water is cleverly echoed in throughout the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe title in English, The Gold Seekers, is not really accurate. It isnu0026#39;t gold that they are after. But I suppose using the title u0026#39;The Searchersu0026#39; would evoke John Wayne in a confusing way.”
