Dark Animal

Oscuro animal
Felipe Guerrero
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Neighboring Scenes 2017

January 26 - 31, 2017

A powerful allegory about the violence of Colombia’s 50-plus-year civil war that follows three women after traumatic events.

DIRECTOR
Felipe Guerrero
YEAR
2016
COUNTRY
Colombia
RUNTIME
107 minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Oscuro animal

A powerful allegory about the violence of Colombia’s 50-plus-year civil war, Felipe Guerrero’s harrowing film literally denies its protagonists a voice. Three women—one whose village was destroyed by troops, one who stabs her paramilitary boyfriend to death and flees, and a soldier who refuses to follow her inhumane orders to bury the slaughtered villagers—find new ways to survive in Bogotá after being displaced by their respective traumas. Guerrero’s trenchant symbolism explores gendered violence and the barbarism of humanity. Winner of the Spanish Cooperation Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

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