Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) (LUXFILMFEST)

Compétition Officielle

Joel Alfonso Vargas, 101 min, 2025 - United States, United Kingdom
Rico spends his summer roaming Orchard Beach in the Bronx, selling homemade cocktails and collecting phone numbers along the way. Aside from the usual bickering with his sister, his days slip by with the lazy ease of vacation. But when his girlfriend, Destiny, tells him that she is pregnant and moves in with him–or rather, with his mother–Rico is forced to confront a set of responsibilities far removed from his carefree routine. Drawing on his short film of the same name, Joel Alfonso Vargas sets his debut feature in the Bronx neighborhood where he grew up, crafting a slow-burning and richly layered portrait of a young man blindsided by fate. The film balances sharp humor with a post #MeToo sensibility...