Summary Struggling with short-term memory loss, Gustavo has retired from his business and finds some solace in his homeland of Chile by pursuing a childhood dream - competing as a "huaso" in rodeos. Awaiting the results of tests to determine whether he has Alzheimer's, and having long professed he would end his life if it became unbearable, he begins making preparations for his death, while his family struggles to accept his decision to end his life. El Huaso explores the pivotal point in one man's life where he takes it upon himself to shape his own mortality. View more details
Directed : Carlo Guillermo Proto
Written : Carlo Guillermo Proto Gustavo Guillermo Proto
Stars : Carlo Guillermo Proto Catarina Medeiros Daniel Medeiros Ana Gabriela Proto
Genres : Drama Family Documentary
Release date : Oct 31, 2011
Countries of origin : Canada Chile
Language : English Spanish
Production companies : Handshake Productions
Summary Struggling with short-term memory loss, Gustavo has retired from his business and finds some solace in his homeland of Chile by pursuing a childhood dream - competing as a "huaso" in rodeos. Awaiting the results of tests to determine whether he has Alzheimer's, and having long professed he would end his life if it became unbearable, he begins making preparations for his death, while his family struggles to accept his decision to end his life. El Huaso explores the pivotal point in one man's life where he takes it upon himself to shape his own mortality. View more details
Genres : Drama Family Documentary
Release date : Oct 31, 2011
Countries of origin : Canada Chile
Language : English Spanish
Production companies : Handshake Productions
