Post by Claudia on Oct 25, 2017 10:09:49 GMT
We Die Young
Story: The story takes place in the slums of Washington DC, a world ruled by violent gangs and ruthless drug dealers. We get to see what happens to the characters over the course of 24 hours. Lucas, a 14-year-old Hispanic boy, inducted since age 10 into the brutal gang life of a San Salvadorean neighborhood in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother Miguel won't follow the same path. When ruthless drug lord Rincon and his MS-13 gang recruit 10-year-old Miguel to work as a runner, big brother Lucas is desperate to keep Miguel safe.
When Daniel (an Afghanistan war veteran with PTSD) comes into the neighborhood looking for drugs to escape his own reality, an unusual opportunity arises that can change their lives forever. With the help of Daniel, Lucas tries to flee his gang-lord mentor, Rincon.
Finally, on the wedding day of Rincon's sister, the ghetto explodes with violence...
Research: The director did 7 years of research working with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, local DC cops and even former gang members who granted exclusive access into the highly insulated world of what the FBI considers to be America's most dangerous gang.
MOVIE GENRE: a fast‐paced crime thriller/drama (American neo-realistic thriller)
LOCATION: Bulgaria
DIRECTOR: Lior Geller
PRODUCER: James Portolese, Gabriel Georgiev and Moshe Diamant
WRITER: Lior Geller
Duration: 95 minutes
Time frame movie: 24 hours
Release date: Fall 2018
CAST:
Daniel: Jean-Claude Van Damme as sympathetic war veteran
Lucas, 14-year-old Hispanic boy: Elijah Rodriguez
Miguel, 10-year-old brother of Lucas: Nicholas Sean Johnny
Daniel, sympathetic war veteran : Jean-Claude Van Damme
Rincon, Lucas’ gang-lord mentor: David Castaneda
Toma's father: Karlos Klaumannsmoller
Gabriela: Robyn Cara
Brenda: Kerry Bennett
Gary Beadle
Charlie MacGechan
www.imdb.com/title/tt7903530/
JCVD was in Bulgaria for days 11 days (October 22nd - November 1st)
Gang name: Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13
Release date: March 1st, 2019
We Die Young premieres in select U.S. theaters and On Demand on Friday, March 1.
Sets that have been used as filming locations:
The standing set that was built specially for the filming of the movie’s main shooting location – a gang-controlled Washington DC hood.
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/american-neighbourhood-set/
Other backlot sets that have been used as filming locations for We Die Young are the Alabama town set, the American town set, and the Prison Camp set.
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/alabama-town-set/
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/american-town-set/
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/prison-camp-set/
Story: The story takes place in the slums of Washington DC, a world ruled by violent gangs and ruthless drug dealers. We get to see what happens to the characters over the course of 24 hours. Lucas, a 14-year-old Hispanic boy, inducted since age 10 into the brutal gang life of a San Salvadorean neighborhood in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother Miguel won't follow the same path. When ruthless drug lord Rincon and his MS-13 gang recruit 10-year-old Miguel to work as a runner, big brother Lucas is desperate to keep Miguel safe.
When Daniel (an Afghanistan war veteran with PTSD) comes into the neighborhood looking for drugs to escape his own reality, an unusual opportunity arises that can change their lives forever. With the help of Daniel, Lucas tries to flee his gang-lord mentor, Rincon.
Finally, on the wedding day of Rincon's sister, the ghetto explodes with violence...
Research: The director did 7 years of research working with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, local DC cops and even former gang members who granted exclusive access into the highly insulated world of what the FBI considers to be America's most dangerous gang.
MOVIE GENRE: a fast‐paced crime thriller/drama (American neo-realistic thriller)
LOCATION: Bulgaria
DIRECTOR: Lior Geller
PRODUCER: James Portolese, Gabriel Georgiev and Moshe Diamant
WRITER: Lior Geller
Duration: 95 minutes
Time frame movie: 24 hours
Release date: Fall 2018
CAST:
Daniel: Jean-Claude Van Damme as sympathetic war veteran
Lucas, 14-year-old Hispanic boy: Elijah Rodriguez
Miguel, 10-year-old brother of Lucas: Nicholas Sean Johnny
Daniel, sympathetic war veteran : Jean-Claude Van Damme
Rincon, Lucas’ gang-lord mentor: David Castaneda
Toma's father: Karlos Klaumannsmoller
Gabriela: Robyn Cara
Brenda: Kerry Bennett
Gary Beadle
Charlie MacGechan
www.imdb.com/title/tt7903530/
JCVD was in Bulgaria for days 11 days (October 22nd - November 1st)
Gang name: Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13
Release date: March 1st, 2019
We Die Young premieres in select U.S. theaters and On Demand on Friday, March 1.
Sets that have been used as filming locations:
The standing set that was built specially for the filming of the movie’s main shooting location – a gang-controlled Washington DC hood.
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/american-neighbourhood-set/
Other backlot sets that have been used as filming locations for We Die Young are the Alabama town set, the American town set, and the Prison Camp set.
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/alabama-town-set/
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/american-town-set/
www.bulgariafilmlocations.com/backlot-sets/prison-camp-set/