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Jorge Gil’s statement in the first episode of Who Killed Him? made sure that Mario Rodriguez, Paco’s longtime sidekick and best friend, got arrested. The second chapter of the show focuses on Mario and how his life has been since meeting Paco.

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Why did Mario get arrested?

Mario seems pretty certain that he’s innocent, and he even reassures Brenda that there’s nothing to be worried about. Brenda insists that he should take a lawyer with him before he makes the statement to the police, but Mario feels that innocent people don’t need lawyers to protect them. Just when he’s finished talking with Brenda, police surround his house and arrest him for murdering Paco Stanley. When he asks the reason for his arrest, Saul says they got a tip from Foreign Affairs that Mario and Brenda tried to renew their passports and flee from Mexico.

Based on the assassination of the celebrated Mexican TV personality Paco Stanley, Prime Video’s Who Killed Him? tells the story of what led to this assassination. Director Humberto Hinojosa Ozcaris used six of the closest people to Paco, and each episode represents the perspective of a different person. The first person in this saga is Jorge Gil, Stanley’s close associate and his personal doormat.

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How was the relationship between Stanley and Gil?

Paco Stanley was a star in Mexico, and his crass comedy shows entertained the whole country. Gil, who was a shy and reserved man, worked with Paco in his shows as an actor and creative producer. Paco hired Gil when he was working in radio and believed in him even when Gil himself didn’t. Paco’s show also starred Mario Bezares, who was his best friend. Paco and Mario always made Gil the butt of their jokes,...

The Loads‘ Ognjen Glavonic, Autobiography‘s Makbul Mubarak & Medusa‘s Anita Rocha da Silveira are among the selected filmmakers for TorinoFilmLab’s ScriptLab Participants. Glavonic will be at the lab with In The Shadow Of The Horns – his sophomore fiction feature. Indonesian filmmaker Mubarak comes with Watch It Burn – his sophomore feature while Brazilian filmmaker Anita Rocha da Silveira will be workshopping her third feature in I Can’t Dance. The 20 projects come from 20 writer-directors and eight co-writers, and have been selected from 550 submissions. Here are the ScriptLab 2023 projects and participants:

A Perfect Family – Writer: Adriano Valerio / Co-writer: Aude Py

All The Crows In The World – Writer: Yi Tang

Alma – Writer: Laura Herrero Garvin / Co-writer: Jorge Gil

Amari – Writer: Domien Huyghe, Co-writer: Wendy Huyghe

Blind Spots – Writer: Ely Chevillot

Brilliant Melody – Writer: Carlo Francisco / Co-writer: Jeremie Dubois

Counting Cards With My Father – Writer: Lydia Rui

Detour – Writer: Jakub Piatek / Co-writer:...