Tutti i santi e i cavalieri ubriachi

(All the Saints and Drunken Horsemen)
by Tomas Leach
53’, Digital Betacam, Switzerland, 2007

Young Ramon is preparing to participate, for the first time, in the celebrated race held every year on the first day of November in Todos Santos, in the Guatemalan mountains. This is a competition in which horsemen compete in an extenuating contest to see who excels at both riding and drinking. The film records the nine days of physical and alcoholic training that make Ramon a true man and true horseman.

Tomas Leach
This young, independent director lives in London and studied at the Arts Institute in Bournemouth; he has completed internships with important international film festivals including Venice, Cannes, and Berlin. Since 2004 he has made documentaries, shorts, and spots for various Italian and European production houses.