La Laguna del Soldado
In this second installment of a trilogy exploring the emblematic figure of Simon Bolivar in Colombia, Pablo Alvarez-Mesa takes a sophisticated, artistic look at the páramo and its history. This work, filmed in magnificent 16 mm colour film that lends a kind of timelessness to the images of this region, explores its social, political, and environmental realities through the words of environmentalists, Indigenous guardians, miners, and others connected to the area. Its resounding music adds a frenetic energy that seems to expose the violence and beauty buried through time in this unique ecosystem, The Soldier’s Lagoon unveils a visual and sonic exploration capable of expressing the intangibility of a complex region, where the future carries its memories as a legacy. (HSB)
Co-presented by Panorama-cinéma
competition : National Feature Competition
The Soldier's Lagoon
- Country : Colombia, Canada (Quebec)
- Year : 2024
- V.O : Spanish, castilian
- Subtitles : French or English
- Duration : 77 MIN
- Cinematography : Pablo Alvarez Mesa
- Editing : Pablo Alvarez Mesa
- Production : Pablo Alvarez Mesa
- Music : Stefan Schneider
- Sound Design : Pablo Alvarez Mesa
- Sound Design : Alex Lane
- Sound Design : Erin Ryan
Frank and the Wondercat (2015)
Nuestro Monte Luna (2015)
La Pesca (2017)
Bicentenario (2020)
Infinite Distances (2022)
Cinéma du Réel | Cartagena Film Festival | Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award at Hot Docs | Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director at DOXA Documentary Film Festival | FICUNAM | DocumentaMadrid | Pesaro International Festival of New Cinema | Biarritz Amerique Latine FestivalLauréat : Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award
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