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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 117 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Premiere)
  • Toronto 2009 (Screening)
  • AFM 2009 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Ciro GUERRA
Writer(s) : Ciro GUERRA
Cast : Marciano MARTÍNEZ, Yull NÚÑEZ

Synopsis

Ignacio Carrillo travelled all his life throughout the villages and regions of northern Colombia, carrying music and traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument that is said to be cursed, because it once belonged to the devil. As he became older, he got married and settled with his wife in a small town, leaving his nomadic life behind. When she suddenly dies, he decides to make one last journey to the Northern edge of the country, to return the accordion to the man who gave it to him, his teacher and mentor, so he will never play it again. On the way, he is joined by Fermín, a teenager who dreams of becoming a “juglar” like Ignacio, and to travel all around playing the accordion like he did. Tired of his loneliness, Ignacio accepts to be accompanied, and together they start the journey from Majagual, Sucre, to Taroa, beyond the Guajira desert, finding on the way the enormous diversity of the Caribbean culture and surviving all kinds of adventures. Ignacio will try to convince Fermín to take a different path in his life, having learned that his only led to solitude and sadness, but he will have to face the fact that destiny has different plans for him and his pupil.

Production

Country(ies) : COLOMBIA

COLOMBIA RCN CINE
COLOMBIA CINEPLEX
DENMARK CAMERA FILM A/S
NETHERLAND Apr 01, 2010 EYE FILMMUSEUM
NORWAY ARTHAUS
NORWAY BERGEN INTERNAT
NORWAY FILM FRA SØR /
USA FILM MOVEMENT


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2009 Un Certain Regard


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