72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Matar a Jesús / Killing Jesus

Laura Mora
Colombia - Argentina      95 m.
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Paula, a 22 year-old student, witnesses the murder of her beloved father, a popular political sciences professor at a public university in Medellin. From the distance, she catches a glimpse of the murderer as he beats a hasty retreat on a motorcycle. Devastated by the pain of their loss, Paula and her family will have to deal with official lethargy. The authorities will make no effort to clarify the events and the case is soon archived and abandoned. When Christmas comes round, a couple of months after the murder, Paula accidentally bumps into Jesús, the young man who killed her father. So what happens when revenge becomes a real possibility? Paula decides to approach the man, initially motivated by an almost primitive instinct to get answers and eventually to find the courage to cross the moral and ethical line of killing a man, thereby avenging her father’s death.

Director
Laura Mora (Colombia)
Screenplay
Alonso Torres, Laura Mora
Production
64 A Films (Colombia)
Diego F. Ramirez
AZ Films (Argentina)
Alejandro Zito
Photography
James L. Brown
Edition
Leandro Aste, S.A.E.
Music
Sebastián Escofet
Cast
Natasha Jaramillo, Giovanni Rodríguez, Camilo Escobar, Carmenza Cossio, Juan Pablo Trujillo, José David Medina, Juan Camilo Cárdenas
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Latido Films
Veneras, 9, 3º
28013
Madrid
Spain
Running Time
95 m.
Country
Colombia - Argentina
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