Wake Show
{{Infobox film
| name = Wake Show
| image = Wake Show poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional release poster
| director = Aldo Miyashiro
| screenplay = Aldo Miyashiro
Abril Cárdenas
Erika Villalobos
| based_on = {{based on|Función velorio|Aldo Miyashiro}}
| producer = Gilberto Nue
| starring = Reynaldo Arenas
Ximena Arroyo
Haysen Percovich
Manuel Calderón
Virginia Mayo
Diego Pérez
Christopher Gaona
| cinematography = Roberto Maceda Kohatsu
| editing = Angela Vera Temoche
| music =
| studio = AMA Producciones
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2020|10|23|AFF}}
| runtime = 117 minutes
| country = Peru
| language = Spanish
| gross =
}}
Wake Show (Spanish: Función velorio, {{lit|Wake function}}) is a 2020 Peruvian drama film directed by Aldo Miyashiro from a screenplay he co-wrote with Abril Cárdenas and Erika Villalobos,{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-08-31 |title=Aldo Miyashiro estrena nueva película ‘Función Velorio’ en el Festival de Cine de Austin |url=https://www.americatv.com.pe/cinescape/cine/aldo-miyashiro-estrena-nueva-pelicula-funcion-velorio-en-el-festival-de-cine-de-austin/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Cinescape |language=es-PE}} based on the play of the same name by Miyashiro.{{Cite web |last=Zavala |first=Sebastián |date=2020-09-02 |title=“Función velorio” se estrenará en el Austin Film Festival 2020 |url=https://fotografiacalato.com/funcion-velorio-se-estrenara-en-el-austin-film-festival-2020/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Fotografía Calato |language=es-ES}} The cast is made up of Reynaldo Arenas, Ximena Arroyo, Haysen Percovich, Manuel Calderón, Virginia Mayo, Diego Pérez and Christopher Gaona.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-10-05 |title=“Función velorio”, la película de Aldo Miyashiro, entre las finalistas del Austin Film Festival |url=https://elcomercio.pe/mag/gente/funcion-velorio-la-pelicula-de-aldo-miyashiro-entre-las-finalistas-del-austin-film-festival-eeuu-usa-estados-unidos-farandula-nndc-noticia/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=MAG |language=es}}
Synopsis
Leonardo Oviedo is an ambitious theater director, whose works have not achieved the success he dreamed of. Looking for some recognition, he decides to write a play for four characters; a single performance, where all the actors have to die on stage. He chooses an old alcoholic actor, an overweight actress, an endearing boy with an intellectual disability, and a black actor, who has only been chosen because of the color of his skin. The work generates a media stir in both the good and bad sense, while the director is willing to fulfill this repugnant artistic ideal.{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=2020-10-01 |title=Austin Film Festival Unveils Full Slate Of Programming – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/austin-film-festival-reveals-horton-foote-the-road-home-the-catch-paper-tiger-death-of-a-telemarketer-1203023185/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}
Cast
- Reynaldo Arenas
- Ximena Arroyo
- Haysen Percovich
- Manuel Calderón
- Virginia Mayo
- Diego Pérez as Luchito
- Christopher Gaona as Julian
- Lucho Cáceres
- Emilram Cossío
- Tati Alcántara
Release
It had its world premiere on October 23, 2020, at the 27th Austin Film Festival,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-10-06 |title=Función Velorio: película de Aldo Miyashiro es finalista del Austin Film Festival |url=https://fpp.org.pe/funcion-velorio-pelicula-de-aldo-miyashiro-es-finalista-del-austin-film-festival/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Federación de Periodistas del Perú |language=es-PE}} then screened in early June 2021 at the New York City Independent Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Miyashiro |first=Aldo |title=La siguiente estación para Función Velorio será en New York del 6 al 13 de Junio. |url=https://www.facebook.com/ElMiyashiroOficial/photos/la-siguiente-estaci%C3%B3n-para-funci%C3%B3n-velorio-ser%C3%A1-en-new-york-del-6-al-13-de-junio/320436039441735/?_rdr |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Facebook |language=en}} in early August of the same year at the 39th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Miyashiro |first=Aldo |title=Hoy arranca el tercer festival para Función Velorio (Wake Show) sigue viajando |url=https://www.instagram.com/elmiyashiro/p/CSV1MbJJVqa/?hl=es-la&img_index=1 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Instagram}} and at the end of March 2022 at the 6th Houston Latin Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=¡Estamos muy felices! La película de Aldo Miyashiro, “Función Velorio” (WAKE SHOW), ha sido seleccionada para el 6th Houston Latino Film Festival |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5102039789854472&set=a.901075269950966 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Facebook}}
Accolades
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!Year !Award / Festival !Category !Recipient !Result !Ref. |
| 2020
|27th Austin Film Festival |Narrative Feature Award | rowspan="2" |Wake Show |{{Nom}} |{{Cite web |last=Broughton |first=Travis |date=2020-10-01 |title=AFF 2020 Full Slate Announcement |url=https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/news/aff-2020-full-slate-announcement/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Austin Film Festival |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Broughton |first=Travis |date=2020-11-03 |title=2020 Winners |url=https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/festival-and-conference/2020-winners/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Austin Film Festival |language=en-US}} |
| 2021
|39th Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival |Best Narrative Feature - First Prize |{{Won}} |
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