Upon Entry

Name: Upon Entry
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2023-06-16
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Ben Temple, Laura Gómez, Colin Morgan

To enter the "Land of Opportunities" you must tell the truths...

Upon Entry (La llegada) (2023)

Timing: 1:17 (77 min)

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Video for the film Upon Entry — Official Trailer [Subtitled]

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Release date

2023-06-16

Country

Spain

Production

TVE, Basque Films, ICEC, TV3, Zabriskie Films, Sygnatia, Comunidad de Madrid

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

Box office

Website

https://www.uponentrylapelicula.com/upon-entry

Director

Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas, Alejandro Rojas

Actors

Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Ben Temple, Laura Gómez, Colin Morgan, Gerard Oms, Nuris Blu, David Comrie
All actors and roles (8)

Scenario

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Producer

Carles Torras, Carlos Juárez, Alba Sotorra, Xosé Zapata, Sergio Adria, Raquel Perea, Iris Martín-Peralta

Camera operator

Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Emanuele Tiziani
Whole Team (12)

Short description

Diego, a Venezuelan urbanist, and Elena, a contemporary dancer from Barcelona, move to the United States with their approved visas to start a new life. Their intention is to boost their professional careers and start a family in 'the land of opportunities'. But upon entering New York airport's immigration area, they are taken to the secondary inspection room, where border officers will subject them to an unpleasant inspection process and a psychologically grueling interrogation.

What's left behind the scenes

Directors Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez chose the presidency of Donald Trump (2017-2021) as the time period for the film's plot. It was then that the construction of the wall on the border between the US and Mexico was underway. The radio in the beginning of the film reports on the signing of the Catalan Declaration of Independence (it was signed on October 10, 2017).
The idea for the film was born with its directors, Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez, originally from Venezuela, while crossing American customs. In addition, they included fragments of stories from their friends and relatives, who had also gone through this experience, in the plot.