Carga Sellada

With a promotion in the offing and his beautiful wife Nena (Prakriti Maduro) at his side, things couldn't be better for ambitious policeman Hector Mariscal (Gustavo Sánchez Parra). Before he can enjoy the good life, though, a final, top-secret assignment must be carried out: to transport-by rail-a highly toxic cargo across Bolivia's high desert backcountry and "dispose" of it in a remote indigenous village. With kindly engineer Klinger (Luis Bredow) guiding his beloved steam locomotive Federica, and presented with a crew of hapless cops and an unexpected young stowaway (Daniela Lema), Mariscal finds that there's much more on the line than he imagined in this sharp, energetic satire. (Palm Springs International Film Festival)