72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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La primera noche / The First Night

Luis Alberto Restrepo
Colombia      90 m.
Synopsis
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Peasants Toño and Paulina are evicted from their land - an isolated part of the jungle in which they were born and brought up - and brutally dumped onto the streets of an enormous, heartless, unfamiliar city. Though banished by their country's conflict, they are in fact tormented by another drama. Suffering, disillusion and disappointment in love nest inside them. Each feels alone, unable to assume the other's pain, and even less part of a couple. Passion could open the door that no-one will let them through, but Toño and Paulina find in love a strength that repels them, that does nothing to help them survive.
Director
Luis Alberto Restrepo
Screenplay
Luis Alberto Restrepo, Alberto Quiroga
Photography
Sergio García
Edition
Víctor Manuel Ruiz, Pierre Heron
Music
Germán Arrieta, Gonzalo Sagarminaga
Cast
Carolina Lizarazo, John Alex Toro, Hernán Méndez, Enrique Carriazo, Julián Román
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Luis Alberto Restrepo
Running Time
90 m.
Country
Colombia
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