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"ALBERTO AND THE CONCRete JUNGLE”

A CHRIS SHIMOJIMA PICTURE
STARRING ALEJANDRO SANTONI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HILL HARPER (THE GOOD DOCTOR)
PRODUCED BY PAULL CHO (Tallulah)

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"ALBERTO" INTRODUCES US TO A NEW ADVENTURE HERO, PORTRAYED BY RISING PUERTO RICAN ACTOR ALEJANDRO SANTONI. FOLLOW HIM IN THIS FEATURE-LENGTH FILM AS HE TRIES TO ESCAPE AN ABSURDLY UNYIELDING NEW YORK CITY AND ITS COLORFUL BUT FRUSTRATING CHARACTERS.

FILMED LOW-FI GUERILLA-STYLE IN THE MIDDLE OF REAL STREET LIFE, "ALBERTO" SUBVERTS, DECONSTRUCTS, AND TRANSFORMS THE ADVENTURE GENRE INTO SOMETHING KAFKAESQUE.

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY ACCLAIMED COMPOSER LJOVA.