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The Guatemalan Handshake
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Wikipedia article
'The Guatemalan Handshake' is a 2006 comedy-drama film, written and directed by Todd Rohal. It is Rohal's feature film debut. The film premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize.
Story
In the confusion following a massive power outage, an awkward demolition derby driver vanishes, setting in motion a series of events affecting his pregnant girlfriend, his helplessly car-less father, a pack of wild boy scouts, a lactose intolerant roller rink employee, an elderly woman in search of her lost dog, and his best frienda ten-year-old girl named Turkeylegs.[https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/the-guatemalan-handshake-1200519132/ "The Guatemalan Handshake"], Variety, Jan 23, 2006
Pieces of the mystery begin to come together as Turkeylegs sets out to find her missing friend. Cars drive circles in the dirt, a woman attends her own funeral, the sun rises sideways and an orange vehicle trades hands again and again. Everything eventually culminates in a massive demolition derby that throws all of the characters into different directions.
Main cast
*Katy Haywood Turkeylegs
*Ken Byrnes Mr. Turnupseed
*Will Oldham Donald Turnupseed
*Sheila Scullin Sadie
*Rich Schreiber Stool
*Kathleen Kennedy Ethel Firecracker
*Cory McAbee Spank Williams
Accolades
In 2006, Rohal was named one of 'Filmmaker's 25 New Faces of Independent Film on the strength of 'The Guatemalan Handshake', his debut feature, which had won Best Film at Slamdance earlier that year.[https://filmmakermagazine.com/1267-todd-rohal-the-guatemalan-handshake/#.XO78n3t7lTY "Todd Rohal, The Guatemalan Handshake"], Filmmaker Magazine, June 8, 2007
The film won three prizes at the 2006 Torino Film Festival, including Best Director for Rohal. It shared the festival's Jury Special Prize with 'Honor of the Knights' and the 2006 Holden award with 'Honor of the Knights' and 'Zapiski putevogo obkhodchika'.[http://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/history.html#historyBoxItem/24/premi] torinofilmfest.org 2006 Winner's List
*2006 in film
References
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