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Title: Carambola - Billiards

Synopsis:

The adage "Be careful what you wish for..." serves as a warning in Kurt Hollander's "Billiards," a rocky, raucous roundelay of urban characters located in a Mexico City billiards hall. Hollander's vid and 16mm cameras create a hyper-mobile interior setting percolating a series of betrayals and turnabouts by people who can't help but be hustlers

Pool hustler El Vago is the new owner of an old-time billiars hall, and is making a how-to vid with assistant El perro (Diego Luna). El Perro is frequently distracted by sexy girlfriend. La Pajara, the daughter of El Mexicano, who used to own the joint until El Vago won it in a game. El Vago doesn´t count on El Perro´s ambitious plans for making over the venerable place, first by creating dance nigths with colored ligths and techno music.