THE TRAILER
THE STORY
So this story is really special to me because it digs into what it’s like working for people who only ever think about themselves. At its heart it’s about class, that divide between where you come from and what you’re born into. You’ve got a poor kid named Jace and a rich kid Alejandro. The two of them get stuck having to pull off the same goal together.
They've got until the end of the night to come up with a million dollars owed to some Russians, and the only way to do it is to retrace their steps and figure out where it all went. So the whole thing is a race against the clock, this gritty, back and forth scramble where the two of them are desperate and running out of time.
Jace doesn’t come from money, so he knows how to work. He grinds, he gets the job done, and you watch just how far he’s willing to go, because that’s who he is, a kid who’s never been handed a thing. Then you’ve got Alejandro who’s had everything given to him his whole life and has no clue what real work even means. Watching those two worlds crash into each other, the kid who has to earn it next to the kid who never had to, that’s really what the whole film is about.
FILMMAKER STATEMENT
Coming from an immigrant household, I’m drawn to stories where pressure reveals truth and this film lives entirely in that pressure. Where the Rich Won’t Go works because it places an ordinary character inside a world he knows nothing about. At some point in everyone’s life, there’s a moment that changes how they see the world and themselves. And it usually comes when everything falls apart.
In Honduran culture, survival isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. That idea is at the core of this film. What happens when the safety net disappears and the only thing left is who you really are. People either survive or perish.
This story unfolds over the course of one night, where control slips, masks come off, and the difference between those who’ve had to fight and those who haven’t, becomes undeniable.
I believe this story matters now in our current time because people are chasing an image of success without understanding the cost of sustaining it. Where the Rich Won’t Go forces that confrontation. It shows that money can open doors, but it won’t teach you how to survive once you’re inside.
THE CAST
DYLAN PICARD
GABRIEL DE LA TORRE
RAFAEL SIGLER
RYLEE ISABELLA
JIMMIE LEE FRAZIER
JACQUELYN O’CONNOR
TYLER YOON
FRANKIE MARTINEZ
ANDREW SOLARI