Archive of films Monos / Monos

Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Denmark / Sweden / Germany / Uruguay / USA
2018, 102 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2019

A bizarre paramilitary unit is encamped among ruins on a hill, but their mission is as unclear as their view into the surrounding fog-shrouded jungle. One of the most remarkable Latin American films of the current festival season presents a formally jarring fable about the struggle for freedom, which in some parts of the world can simply mean survival.


Synopsis

Eight young male and female soldiers are camped out in ruins shrouded in an impenetrable fog. Their mission is as unclear as their view into the surrounding jungle, and since their commanding officer rarely visits this forgotten corner of the Amazon, discipline begins to suffer. Unexpected orders from the Organization’s headquarters threaten to discombobulate this odd unit once and for all… Just when it seemed that Columbian cinema couldn’t find any new angles on guerilla warfare, along comes one of the most remarkable Latin American films of the current festival season, an audiovisually jarring fable about the struggle for freedom, which in some parts of the world can simply mean survival.

Martin Horyna

About the director

Alejandro Landes

Alejandro Landes (b. 1980, São Paulo, Brazil). Filmography: Cocalero (2007, doc.), Porfirio (2011), Monos (2018)

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section: Another View
   
Director: Alejandro Landes
Screenplay: Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos
Dir. of Photography: Jasper Wolf
Music: Mica Levi
Editor: Yorgos Mavropsairdis, Santiago Otheguy, Ted Guard
Art Director: Angela Leyton
Producer: Alejandro Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Cristina Landes
Production: Stela Cine
Coproduction: Lemming Film, Pandora Film, Campo Cine, Snowglobe Film, Film I Vast, Mutante Cine, Bord Cadre Films, Pando Producciones, EFD
Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Julian Giraldo, Sofía Buenaventura
Sales: Le Pacte

Guests

Katrin Pors

Producer

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