X500 (film)

X500
Directed byJuan Andrés Arango
Written byJuan Andrés Arango
Produced byYanick Létourneau
Jorge Andrés Botero
Edher Campos
StarringJembie Almazan
Bernardo Garnica Cruz
Jonathan Diaz Angulo
CinematographyNicolas Canniccioni
Edited byFelipe Guerrero
Release date
  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesCanada
Colombia
Mexico[1]
LanguagesEnglish
French
Spanish
Tagalog
Mazahua

X500 (Spanish: X Quinientos) is a 2016 drama film directed by Juan Andrés Arango.[2] An international co-production between Canada, Colombia and Mexico, the film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema strand at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

The film tells the thematically interrelated but dramatically separate stories of three young adults, one each in Canada, Colombia and Mexico, who are each struggling to adapt to a new and unfamiliar living situation.[2] The film features dialogue in English, French, Spanish, Tagalog and Mazahua.[2]

The film stars Jembie Almazan as Maria, Bernardo Garnica Cruz as David and Jonathan Diaz Angulo as Alex.