Feature film, fiction, 87′, 2024

Director
Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Production
Contravia Films & Bárbara Films (Colombia)

Coproduction
Dublin Films, Autentika Films (Germany), Malacosa Cine (Mexico), Bárbara Films (Colombia)

International sales
ArtHood Entertainement

Infos

Synopsis


José de Los Santos, 70 years old, is in charge of the funeral rituals in his village near the San Juan River. One night, his dead son announces his death and enjoins him to find the way. He goes on a trip to the jungle. Amid of an eternal war, he must stay alive to reach the place of his last rest.

 

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Trailer


Festivals

 

2024


Berlinale · International Film Festival – Official Selection, Panorama section (Berlin, Germany) – World premiere
Cinélatino, rencontres de Toulouse – Official Fiction Competition (Toulouse, France) – French premiere Grand Prize
Les Reflets du Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-américain – Official Selection (Villeurbanne, France)
FICCI – Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – Official Selection Colombian feature (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia) – Colombian premiere

Technical infos

Feature film, fiction, 87', 2024

Director: Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Production: Contravia Films & Bárbara Films (Colombie)
Coproduction: Dublin Films, Autentika Films (Germany) & Malacosa Cine (Mexico)

Shooting: 2022 (Colombia)

Screenplay: Santiago Lozano Álvarez et Fernando del Razo
Cinematography: Juan Velásquez A.F.C.
Sound: Federico González Jordán
Set design: Daniel Rincón Zapata
First assistant director: Julián Laguna
Editing: Santiago Lozano Álvarez
Sound design: Jose Miguel Enríquez
Mix: Carlos Cortés
Color grading: Brice Auger
Original music: Nidia Góngora

Funding/Labs

Supported by
Proimágenes Colombia (FDC), Ibermedia, EFICINE, World Cinema Fund, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, (développement), Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Visions Sud Est, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC et Institut Français)

Development
Résidence de la Cinéfondation 2017-2018 – Prix CNC
Ciné en Développement – Festival CinéLatino Toulouse 2018
BAM 2021

Synopsis


José de Los Santos, 70 years old, is in charge of the funeral rituals in his village near the San Juan River. One night, his dead son announces his death and enjoins him to find the way. He goes on a trip to the jungle. Amid of an eternal war, he must stay alive to reach the place of his last rest.

 

Stills


Trailer