White Cadle He tells the story of Sarita, a young woman who infiltrates a gang in Puerto Barrios to find her missing sister.
The film was directed by Justin Lerner and addresses issues such as crime and poverty, which reflects one of Guatemala’s social realities.
According to producers, White Cadle It is the first co -production between Hollywood and a Central American country, made by Danta Films and The Orange Company.
The film also had the collaboration of Imperative Entertainment, recognized by productions such as Killers of the Flower Moon, Triangle of Sadness and All The Money in the World, All nominated for the Óscar Awards.
By Guatemala, The production was led by Mauricio Escobar, Guatemalan founder of the Danta Films, who previously participated as head of production in other Guatemalan and international productions such as Gunpowder in the heart and The Lloronaamong others.
In addition, the film had Ryan Friedkin’s production (Imperative Entertainment), Jack Hurley and Francisco Palarea (The Orange Company), Justin Lerner and Pedro H. Murcia as a co -producer with his company Cine Caribe.
White CadleSynopsis
Sarita lives with her sister Bea in a popular neighborhood in Ciudad de Guatemala. One night, after a party, Bea disappears. Convinced that Andrés, his dangerous ex -boyfriend, has something to do, Sarita becomes her friend and infiltrates her gang.
With death by his side at all times and an unwavering determination against the expectations of the men who underestimated her, Sarita gets more and more involved with Andrés and the relentless world of her gang, Looking for answers about what happened to his sister, without knowing that the truth is much more complicated than he imagines.
White Cadle In Prime Video
Since March 2025, the Guatemalan film White Cadle It is available for all of Latin America on Amazon Prime Video.
The recording was made in Puerto Barrios, with a mostly Guatemalan team and the national talent was highlighted.
International recognition of White Cadle
Since September 2021, during the premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), two of the most prominent figures of Guatemalan cinema, Karen Martínez and Brandon López, talked about the movie And they indicated that gangs and organized crime reveal.
Before his arrival at Amazon Prime Video in Latin America, White Cadle He had a successful premiere in film rooms in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the United States, Spain and France, which allowed to expand its impact on the International Hearing.
The film has been recognized in several countries and has won the Sang Neuf prize in Reims Polar, as well as Multiple awards at the Icaro Festival.
White Cadle has also been nominated in the independent Spirit Awards, The Ariel Awards and the Malaga Festival, among others, consolidating as one of the most outstanding productions in the region.
Cast of White Cadle
Karen Martínez (Sarita)
Karen Martínez debuted on the screen with her unforgettable interpretation in the movie The gold cage (2013), for which she was awarded the Best Revelation Actress Award at the Awards of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers of Spain.
In the film, he leads a distribution of non -professional actors who were trained for months before filming by the interpretation professor Fatima Toledo (God of God).
Martínez and his two co -star in The gold cage They also won the Special Jury Prize in the section A Celerin Regard From the Cannes Festival, where the film was released.
Subsequently, Martínez starred The feature film Resonance and had a secondary role in the movie Our mothers, of César Díaz. In addition, he currently studies film production with a complete scholarship at a private film school in Guatemala City.
Rudy Rodríguez (Andrés)
Discovered in Puerto Barrios during an open hearing for White CadleRudy Rodríguez’s interpretation as Andrés is his first time acting.
Responding to an advertisement casting In Puerto Barrios, where the movie takes place, Rodríguez went to the audition at his time of lunch of his mechanical work in a car workshop. During the session, he was lovely and very open in talking about the challenges his family faced while growing in Puerto Barrios. The following week, they asked him to make chemistry readings with the female protagonist, Karen Martínez.
Once the role was offered, Rodríguez moved to Guatemala City to train director Justin Lerner and the Tatiana Palomo interpretation professor.
During pre -production, he and Lerner rewrite his character to more directly reflect his real life experiences. Rodríguez continues to live in Puerto Barrios and working as a mechanic, but is also preparing to complete his secondary education, with the support of an NGO that is associated with the film.
Pamela Martínez (Bea)
Martínez has training in dance, gymnastics and realization of stunts in circus. It was discovered in a bar in Guatemala City, where a director of casting He met her and asked her to do a test for White Cadle.
After being chosen, Martínez trained for months with the scriptwriter-director Lerner and with the Guatemalan interpretation professor Tatiana Palomo. His memorable interpretation of Bea, the charming, impulsive and energetic younger sister of Sarita, is her first role as an actress.
Brandon López (Damián)
López was discovered during a casting Open for the Mexican film The gold cage. He and his cast partners trained for months before filming with the famous Brazilian interpretation professor Fatima Toledo (God of God).
The gold cage premiered in the section A Celerin Regard From the Cannes Festival, where he and the other members of the cast won a Special Jury Prize for their interpretations.
Later, López also took home the Mexican award Ariel for best actor in the film. He continued to act in other feature films, such as 90 minutes, 1991 and Tremors.
Also He graduated from the Casa Comal Cinema School of Guatemala City and when he is not acting, he performs his own short films as director.
In his role as Damián in the feature film White Cadle, López was the only professional actor who played one of the members of the Puerto Barrios gang And he also worked as a location interpretation coach for all non -professional actors who made up the gang.
Juan Pablo Olyslager (Oliveiros)
Juan Pablo Olyslager is one of the most prolific and versatile actors in Guatemala. With more than a dozen feature films in his history, his most prominent role was his protagonist in Tremors (2019), of Jayro Bustamantein which he plays a family man who is assumed as gay in an ultra -conservative society.
When the film premiered at the Berlin International Film FestivalThe Hollywood Reporter He praised the “intense and torn interpretation” of Olyslager, who subsequently won the prize for the best actor in the Outfest For this role.
Olyslager also appears in Bustamante’s third feature film, The Lloronawhich premiered in the section Venice Days, of the 2019 Venice Festival and She was nominated for the best non -English speech film in the Golden Globes of 2021.
Olyslager is an actor who likes challenges, something that motivated him to play a dangerous chief of the Zacapa crime in White Cadleby Justin Lerner.