"Life isn't worth much in this country." Cohen Media Group has debuted a new official US trailer for a Colombian film titled Memories of My Father, made by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba. This was originally selected for Cannes in 2020, but eventually premiered at the 2020 San Sebastián Film Festival a few years back. The life of Héctor Abad Gómez, one of Colombia's most beloved national figures, is beautifully dramatized by filmmaker Fernando Trueba, the director of the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque. Set in the 1970s during a violent time in Colombia's history, an author recalls his time with his father, a university medical professor who fought against oppression and social inequality; plus the circumstances of his murder by Colombian paramilitaries. Winner of Best Iberoamerican Film at the Goya Awards (2021), Memories of My Father is based on the best-seller Oblivion: A Memoir by renowned auteur Héctor Abad Faciolince. Starring Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano,...
- 9/26/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The critically acclaimed Escobar: Paradise Lost, written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano, and starring Academy Award® winner Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) and Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games franchise), arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 6th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. An official selection of the 2014 Telluride Film Festival and 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, Escobar: Paradise Lost is an absorbing fictionalized drama based on notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar’s last reining days in Colombia.
Young surfer Nick (Hutcherson) thinks all his dreams have come true when he goes to visit his brother in Colombia. Against an idyllic backdrop of blue lagoons and white beaches, he falls madly in love with Maria (Claudia Traisac,“Cuentame”). It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, the famous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Del Toro) and he finds his life is on the line when he’s pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Young surfer Nick (Hutcherson) thinks all his dreams have come true when he goes to visit his brother in Colombia. Against an idyllic backdrop of blue lagoons and white beaches, he falls madly in love with Maria (Claudia Traisac,“Cuentame”). It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, the famous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Del Toro) and he finds his life is on the line when he’s pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
- 10/6/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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