Synopsis
World-weary author Fernando has returned to his native Colombia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs, and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a beautiful but hardened street kid who lives by the rule of the gun. Together, they forge an unlikely relationship.
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Cast
- Germán JaramilloFernando
- Anderson BallesterosAlexis
- Juan David RestrepoWilmar
- Manuel BusquetsAlfonso
- Wilmar AgudeloChild Sniffing Glue
- Juan Carlos Álvarez4x4 Thief
- Jairo AlzateTaxi Driver Santa Domingo
- Zulma ArangoWaitress
- José Luis BedoyaTaxi Sabaneta 1
- Cenobia CanoAlexis's Mother
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
As the film, with its haunting score and inspired use of popular music, builds flawlessly to its resounding conclusion, it is accompanied by a pitch-dark humor that grows out of the sheer absurdity of the city's daily body count. - 90
Rolling Stone
Setting it against the backdrop of a wanton city under siege, Schroeder crafts a film of whiplash urgency. - 90
New Times (L.A.)
One of the most genuinely shocking films you'll ever see. - 90
Washington Post
It's sad, funny, shocking and completely unlike any movie in a dozen years. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An utterly nihilistic, harrowingly upsetting vision of hell on earth. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A marvelous film. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Rough, breathless adaptation of Fernando Vallejo's ferociously sardonic novel. - 70
Village Voice
The performances can be stiff, but a kinetic mix of anxiety, dread, and numbed resignation is always palpable.
