MONOS

MONOS,2019
Colombia | DCP, Color, 10”2’ | English, Spanish
Director: Alejandro Landes
Cast: Sofia Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero

A group of young soldiers have been commissioned to hold an American woman hostage and to protect a cow at the expense of their lives on a remote mountaintop surrounded by steep rocks. Going through commando training during the day, the group has fun at nighttime. However, when they are suddenly ambushed and dragged into an endless forest, their trust in one another will be severely challenged. In his third film, the director Landes creates a fairy-tale world in which the audience is faced with an unforgettable visual feast and a breathtaking tension-filled struggle for survival. In 2019, the film won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at Sundance and the Sebastiane Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.