Sinopsis
Fiction. A popular political science professor at a public university in the city of Medellin is shot dead. Two months later his daughter Paula, a twenty-two-year old student accidentally crosses path with the hitman. This situation forces her to set the limits of her own humanity. The encounter between the victim and the killer reveals what it takes to kill someone, especially when this person becomes a reflection of the girl: a victim too. Paula will then have to choose between perpetuating or resisting violence.
“Raising questions about an act of revenge, on the option of killing a murderer almost devoid of humanity, constitutes perhaps the only way in which our redemption can be accomplished.” (Laura Mora)
Laura Mora was born in Medellín, Colombia. She graduated from film school in Melbourne, Australia. Whilst there, she directed two award-winning shorts, West (2006) and Brotherhood (2008), before returning to Colombia in 2009 and working as a script supervisor on several productions. In 2010, Laura was awarded a production grant to make her short Salomé. She went on to direct more than 35 episodes of the award-winning TV series Escobar, el patrón del mal (2012). In 2014, Mora directed the political period feature Before the fire, that premiered in FICCI.
Laura Mora’s most important and personal project to date is the feature film Killing Jesus (2017), wich world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and earned acclaim from both national and international critics.
Thursday 5th April. 19:30h
Casa de América
Section: Three women. Three movies. Three visions of Latin America
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 99′
Country: Colombia and Argentina
Language: Spanish
Director: Laura Mora Ortega
Cast: Natasha Jaramillo, Giovanni Rodríguez, Camilo Escobar, Carmenza
Cossio, Juan Pablo Trujillo, José David Medina and Juan Camilo Cárdenas
Producers: Diego F. Ramírez, Alex Zito, Ignacio Rey and Maja Zimmermann
Production Companies: 64-A Films y AZ Films
International Sales: El Sur Films
Main Festivals and Awards: San Sebastián, Chicago, El Cairo, La Habana, Palm Springs, Punta del Este. Uruguay and Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
