it s my freaking birthday. go to bed. this situation happened again, i d definitely film it. a crazy thing. never going to forget this birthday. these weddings end in violence, but this couple doesn t even get to say i do before their celebration turns into a furious fight. november 28th, 2009. arakipa, peru. the district is hosting its traditional mass wedding. remi cadillo and max gutierrez are covering the annual event for a local television station. they ve covered mass weddings before, but this time they re looking for a fresh approach. translator: the truth is that the whole story i was building was a bit boring, and i couldn t get a good angle for it. but that s about to change. they start interviewing this couple, edwin ortiz and his blushing bride.
blushing bride. translator: and during the interview, the guy seemed nervous. but remi asked him, do you love her? and he put the microphone next to him and the guy looked to both sides and then he said, yes. translator: then i started gathering information, and i thought to build my story, edwin s story would be one of the most interesting ones. and lucky me, it was the most interesting one. interesting because cadillo s simple love story gets decidedly more complicated. a group of women storm the auditorium and start pounding on the groom. translator: they started screaming and punching him and saying, that man is an adulterer. he has two children. how can he possibly get married if he has a wife at home? he s tricking this woman. his wife s family is furious that he s getting hitched to another woman. they unceremoniously run him out of the auditorium and into a stairway. standing by his side and
as for max schultz, he has this video of a reminder of his 15th birthday. it s my freaking birthday. go to bed. this situation happened again, i d definitely film it. a crazy thing. never going to forget this birthday. these weddings end in violence, but this couple doesn t even get to say i do before their celebration turns into a furious fight. november 28th, 2009. arakipa, peru. the district is hosting its traditional mass wedding. remi cadillo and max gutierrez are covering the annual event for a local television station. they ve covered mass weddings before, but this time they re looking for a fresh approach. translator: the truth is that the whole story i was building was a bit boring, and i couldn t get a good angle for it. but that s about to change. they start interviewing this couple, edwin ortiz and his
translator: and during the interview, the guy seemed nervous. but remi asked him, do you love her? and he put the microphone next to him and the guy looked to both sides and then he said, yes. translator: then i started gathering information, and i thought to build my story, edwin s story would be one of the most interesting ones. and lucky me, it was the most interesting one. interesting because cadillo s simple love story gets decidedly more complicated. a group of women storm the auditorium and start pounding on the groom. translator: they started screaming and punching him and saying, that man is an adulterer. he has two children. how can he possibly get married if he has a wife at home? he s tricking this woman. his wife s family is furious that he s getting hitched to another woman. they unceremoniously run him out of the auditorium and into a stairway. standing by his side and defending her son until the end,
as for max schultz, he has this video as a reminder of his 15th birthday. it s my freaking birthday. go to bed. this situation happened again, i d definitely film it. it was just a crazy thing. never going to forget this birthday. these weddings end in violence, but this couple doesn t even get to say i do before their celebration turns into a furious fight. november 28th, 2009. arakipa, peru. the district is hosting its traditional mass wedding. remi cadillo and max gutierrez are covering the annual event for a local television station. they ve covered mass weddings before, but this time they re looking for a fresh approach. translator: the truth is that the whole story i was building was a bit boring, and i couldn t get a good angle for it. but that s about to change. they start interviewing this