OSCURO ANIMAL New Auteurs

Gorgeously shot and paced with patient rigor, feature debut director Felipe Guerrero’s OSCURO ANIMAL follows three Colombian women who are all brutally affected by the country’s armed conflict. Rocio returns from a routine laundry trip to find her small village gutted; homeless, she travels to Bogotá (but not without more violence en route) and finds some solace when she strikes up a friendship with a young city girl. La Mona also finds herself heading to the city, after bravely freeing herself of the abusive paramilitary who has impregnated her. Nelsa, herself a paramilitary, is similarly at the lustful mercy of her fellow male soldiers; she too departs for Bogotá. Practically dialogue free and haunted by the painful silences of loss and trauma, this startling vision imagines women who have experienced the unimaginable, and yet still take their fates in hand, heading to a shared destination. — Beth Hanna

Born in Colombia in 1975, Felipe Guerrero has been directing documentaries for more than a decade. OSCURO ANIMAL is his narrative feature debut. It won Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Female Leads at the 2016 Guadalajara International Film Festival.

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Details

Country: Colombia

Year: 2016

Director: Felipe Guerrero

Screenwriter: Felipe Guerrero

Producers: Felipe Guerrero, Gema Juárez Allen

Executive Producer: Gema Juárez Allen

Director of Photography: Fernando Lockett

Editor: Eliane D. Katz

Production Designer: Marcela Gómez

Cast/Featuring: Marleyda Soto, Jocelyn Meneses, Luisa Vides, Verónica Carvajel, Josué Quiñones, Pedro Suárez, Lorena Vides

Running Time (minutes): 106 min

Language: no dialogues

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