Birds of Passage (Spanish : Pájaros de verano ) is a 2018 crime film directed by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego . It was selected to open the 50th edition of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival . It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards , making the December shortlist.
"You know what happens to a family in a war." The Orchard has released a new US film for Colombian drug drama Birds of Passage , which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Directors' Fortnight. This highly acclaimed film is a crime epic spanning generations, similar to The Godfather or Scarface , focusing on two local gangs who get into the marijuana growing and export business. The two indigenous Colombia families begin a violent drug war that ends up destroying their lives and their culture. Birds of Passage stars José Acosta , Natalia Reyes ,
Carmiña Martínez , John Narváez, Greider Meza , Juan Bautista Martínez , Miguel Viera , and Sergio Coen . The posters for this have been stunning, a few of them can be seen below. The film is an impressive, sprawling crime saga boasting excellent performances all around.
Directed by Cristina Gallego
Ciro Guerra
Produced by Cristina Gallego
Katrin Pors
Screenplay by Maria Camila Arias
Jacques Toulemonde Vidal
Starring
Carmina Martínez
Natalia Reyes
José Acosta
Music by Leonardo Heiblum
Cinematography
David Gallego
Edited by Miguel Schverdfinger
Production
company Snowglobe
Blond Indian Films
Ciudad Lunar Producciones
Pimienta Films
Release date 9 May 2018 (Cannes )
2 August 2018 (Colombia)
February 13th, 2019 (USA)
Running time 125 minutes
Country Colombia
Denmark
Mexico
Germany
Language Wayuu
Spanish
English
Wiwa
Box office $781,273
Plot:
Birds of Passage takes place in Colombia in the 1970s, when the demand for marijuana hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into seasoned businessmen. Unfolding in the Guajira desert, the film follows an Wayuu indigenous family who takes a leading role in this new drug trade, and discovers the perks of wealth and power, but with a violent and tragic downside. Birds of Passage is co-directed by filmmakers Cristina Gallego (a producer / editor) & Ciro Guerra (director of the films Embrace of the Serpent , The Wind Journeys, Wandering Shadows previously). The script is written by Maria Camila Arias and Jacques Toulemonde. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and it also played at numerous other fests including the Telluride, Toronto, and London Film Festivals. The Orchard will release Gallego & Guerra's Birds of Passage in select US theaters starting February 13th, 2019 coming up soon.
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Cast:
Carmiña Martínez as Úrsula
Natalia Reyes as Zaida
José Acosta as Rapayet
Jhon Narváez as Moisés
Jose Vicente Cotes as Peregrino, Rapayet's uncle
Juan Bautista as Aníbal
Greider Meza as Leonidas
Reception:
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 32 reviews with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Birds of Passage traces the familiar arc of the drug crime thriller from a different direction that's as visually absorbing as it is hard-hitting." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
References:
Wikipedia
Firstshow.net
Gracias.
Carmiña Martínez , John Narváez, Greider Meza , Juan Bautista Martínez , Miguel Viera , and Sergio Coen . The posters for this have been stunning, a few of them can be seen below. The film is an impressive, sprawling crime saga boasting excellent performances all around.
Ciro Guerra
Produced by Cristina Gallego
Katrin Pors
Screenplay by Maria Camila Arias
Jacques Toulemonde Vidal
Starring
Carmina Martínez
Natalia Reyes
José Acosta
Music by Leonardo Heiblum
Cinematography
David Gallego
Edited by Miguel Schverdfinger
Production
company Snowglobe
Blond Indian Films
Ciudad Lunar Producciones
Pimienta Films
Release date 9 May 2018 (Cannes )
2 August 2018 (Colombia)
February 13th, 2019 (USA)
Running time 125 minutes
Country Colombia
Denmark
Mexico
Germany
Language Wayuu
Spanish
English
Wiwa
Box office $781,273
Plot:
Birds of Passage takes place in Colombia in the 1970s, when the demand for marijuana hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into seasoned businessmen. Unfolding in the Guajira desert, the film follows an Wayuu indigenous family who takes a leading role in this new drug trade, and discovers the perks of wealth and power, but with a violent and tragic downside. Birds of Passage is co-directed by filmmakers Cristina Gallego (a producer / editor) & Ciro Guerra (director of the films Embrace of the Serpent , The Wind Journeys, Wandering Shadows previously). The script is written by Maria Camila Arias and Jacques Toulemonde. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and it also played at numerous other fests including the Telluride, Toronto, and London Film Festivals. The Orchard will release Gallego & Guerra's Birds of Passage in select US theaters starting February 13th, 2019 coming up soon.
Interested?
Cast:
Carmiña Martínez as Úrsula
Natalia Reyes as Zaida
José Acosta as Rapayet
Jhon Narváez as Moisés
Jose Vicente Cotes as Peregrino, Rapayet's uncle
Juan Bautista as Aníbal
Greider Meza as Leonidas
Reception:
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 32 reviews with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Birds of Passage traces the familiar arc of the drug crime thriller from a different direction that's as visually absorbing as it is hard-hitting." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
References:
Wikipedia
Firstshow.net
Gracias.
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