The Return of Lencho (El regreso de Lencho) (NR)

synopsis

After a decade in New York, graffiti artist Lencho returns to Guatemala. Eager to bring artistic expression to his country, Lencho assembles a collective of artists to produce public art projects of social impact and organizes an art festival in Rabinal, a small indigenous village. The group's work comes of interest to the director of a secret "social cleansing" program of the national police designed to quash dissension and organizing among the youth. As Lencho labors to coordinate the components of the festival, he finds himself haunted by memories of the death of his father, a journalist during the civil war.

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synopsis

After a decade in New York, graffiti artist Lencho returns to Guatemala. Eager to bring artistic expression to his country, Lencho assembles a collective of artists to produce public art projects of social impact and organizes an art festival in Rabinal, a small indigenous village. The group's work comes of interest to the director of a secret "social cleansing" program of the national police designed to quash dissension and organizing among the youth. As Lencho labors to coordinate the components of the festival, he finds himself haunted by memories of the death of his father, a journalist during the civil war.