Mad Bills to Pay
2025
USA
100 mins
Directed by:
Joel Alfonso VargasSynopsis
Rico’s (Juan Collado) summer is a wild mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails from a cooler on Orchard Beach in the Bronx. But when his teenage girlfriend Destiny (Destiny Checo) brings news that threatens to upend his carefree lifestyle, everything begins to change. With superbly naturalistic performances and a distinctive visual style, Joel Alfonso Vargas’ directorial debut introduces an exciting new voice in American indie cinema.
"Mad Bills is one of Sundance’s great surprises this year. There is immense talent here, and an immediacy that is rarely captured in films of a similar mind."
