72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Piedras preciosas / Gemstones

Simón Vélez
Colombia - Portugal      70 m.
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Machado is a Colombian immigrant who has been living in France for years, where he works as a grape-picker. He barely earns enough to cover Europe's high cost of living. An acquaintance introduces him to Madame Chiara, gemstone collector who hires him to go to Colombia and steal an emerald. Despite Machado's insistence of the danger involved in his returning to Colombia, Chiara convinces him to go by offering him a sum of money he can't refuse. In Colombia he will have to cope with the bustling life of central Medellín and nature in the mountains. While travelling through Colombia he is involved in a crime committed by a pilot and will try to double-cross Chiara by looking for someone else to buy the emerald.

Director
Simón Vélez (Colombia)
Screenplay
Simón Vélez , Juan Lugo
Production
Triángulo (Colombia)
Simón Vélez
BAM BAM Cinema (Portugal)
Paulo Carneiro
Photography
Liberman Arango, Mauricio Reyes
Edition
Juan Cañola
Music
Carlos Quebrada
Sound
Daniel Giraldo
Cast
Juan Lugo, Laura Taurines, Sofía Jaramillo, Yira Plaza , Daniel Cortés, Simón Vélez , Chiara , Fernando Patiño
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
70 m.
Original language of the film
French , Spanish
Country
Colombia - Portugal
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