Portraits in a Sea of Lies
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carlos Gaviria
Ramses Ramos
Carolina Lizarazo
Indhira Serrano
Ana Maria Arango
Valeria Fuentes
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Synopsis
Following the accidental death of their grandfather, Jairo and Marina decide to take a trip to recover the land from which they were displaced long ago. Jairo, a roving photographer and Marina, who has lost her memory and is mute, are cousins. Their travel in a beaten up old Renault that takes them from Bogota to the place on the coast where they were outcasts so many years ago. Each day they spend on their journey, they find themselves more and more haunted by their traumatic past. As soon as they arrive in their hometown, they are abducted by armed assailants. Jairo is injured while trying to escape. When Marina sees the ruins of her parents' house, she begins to remember the massacre that claimed the lives of her family. In the end, she receives the deed to the family home, but Jairo endangers Marina's life, and she has no option but to continue to fight the ghosts of the past.
Director
Carlos Gaviria
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Generation) February 11-21, 2010.
35mm
dialogue Spanish
