Without Prescription

Olivia suffers from OCD, a mental condition that manifests itself through a voice in her head that compels her to brush her teeth constantly. During Christmas Eve festivities in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, the voice comes back after being dormant for a year. Not having Health Care, she desperately searches for the pills that will control her OCD without a prescription. Through her friend Jessica, who she met years ago in a mental institution, she meets David, the town’s pharmacist’s son, who agrees to sell her the pills. Trapped inside David’s apartment by a rainstorm, two strangers start uncovering truths about each other and start a healing process that doesn’t necessarily involve pills.

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photo of Juliana Maite

Credits

Director:

Juliana Maite

Executive Producer:

Vilma Liella

Producer:

Vilma Liella

Screenwriter:

Marietere Vélez

Cinematographer:

Arturo Juárez

Editor:

Carlos Aponte

Production Designer:

José Matos

Sound Designer:

Raynier Hinojosa

Music:

Ismael Cancel

Principal Cast:

Marietere Vélez, Gabriel Leyva, Carola García, Junior Álvarez, Mariana Monclova, Yussef Soto

Contact

Distributor:

Spanglish Movies
spanglishmovies@gmail.com

Public Film Contact:

Vilma Liella
Rojo Chiringa Corp
vilma@rojochiringa.com
787 518 1891

Publicity Contact:

Jeysen Caban
Jeysen.Caban@gmail.com
19392185410

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2021
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Runtime:
83 mins