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State Trooper

2022 (Runtime 5:50)
Budget: $300

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State Trooper
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About The Film

State Trooper is my first foray back into filmmaking. I wanted to shake the rust off and make something low budget but without having to sacrifice any of the storytelling. Shot on the streets of Chicago and the Southwest suburbs, I wanted to capture the isolation and bleakness of what a late night drive can really feel like with a guilty conscious. Furthermore, living in the suburbs as a Latinx, I always make sure to look out for police because you never know what kind of person is behind that badge. 

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I really am proud of how this turned out, especially the driving scenes that were shot with every old school film technique to provide the safest method to get it done. 

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Cast & Crew

Driver...              Gio Gallo Manjarrez

Cop...                  Mike Wachel

Woman...           Haleigh Hutcherson

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Producers        Keith Fencl

                            Leopoldo Torres

Exec. Prod.       Molly Torres

Prop Master    Mo Al-Khatib

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Written and Directed by

Leopoldo Torres

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