Eddie Alcazar is gearing up to make his Cannes debut with the short film The Vandal on Thursday night, a long way away from his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was raised by a single mother of Bolivian heritage.
She will be one of many honored guests attending the film’s world premiere where executive producer Darren Aronofsky will present their collaboration.A modest Alcazar told Deadline he’s not sure how he ended up on the Requiem for a Dream director’s radar, but his support, and that of mentor and collaborator Steven Soderbergh, has allowed him to continue realizing his dreams.But Alcazar’s career almost went in a totally different direction.“At an early age, I was always an artist but I didn’t understand how to make money
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