Overview
- Synopsis
Built on a hillside, the Colombian village of Choachi becomes, in this first feature film by Pablo Alvarez-Mesa (Jelena’s Song and Speaking Into the Air), the setting for a coming-of-age story with deep political ramifications. While the mayor of Bogotá has decided to ban bullfighting – considered a barbaric colonialist symbol – young devotees in Choachi keep training every day, preserving the fading traditional sport and dreaming of a glorious future away from the mountains and their painful, impoverished past. Capturing the smallest details, the filmmaker is not content to observe his characters. He accompanies them on a road to adulthood full of hopes and fears, the building blocks of tomorrow’s Colombia.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 96 minutes
Credits
- Pablo Alvarez-Mesa ... Director, Camera, Editor, Sound Recording
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Parabola Films
- Country
- Canada
- Years of Production
- 2015
- Locations
- Colombia
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2016
- Festivals
- Hot Docs, Ambulante, RIDM
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- CBC
- Language
- Spanish
- Subtitles
- English, French
Photos
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