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I Saw Three Black Lights

Kolumbien Mexiko Frankreich Deutschland 2023/2024 Spielfilm

Seventy-year-old José de los Santos lives in a village on Colombia’s Pacific coast. He learned the art of ritual burial as a child. Like his ancestors who were brought to Colombia as African slaves, he accompanies the dying and the dead on their way to eternal rest. One day, the ghost of his son Pium Pium, who was brutally murdered years ago, appears to José and tells him of his own impending death. Pium Pium warns his father that he must not die near his home; above all, he must be sure to cross over to the other side in peace. José embarks on his final journey, entering the jungle to find a place to die. But the area is controlled by armed groups. He must dodge their bullets and violence to save his soul from purgatory.

Source: 74. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Screenplay

  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez
  • Fernando del Razo

Director of photography

  • Juan David Velásquez

Editing

  • Ana García
  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Music

  • Nidia Góngora

Cast

  • Jesús María Mina
    José de los Santos
  • Julián Ramirez
    Pium-Pium
  • Carol Hurtado
    Teresa
  • John Alex Castillo
    Kommandant

Production company

  • Contravia Films (Cali)

Producer

  • Ana María Ruíz Navia
  • Oscar Ruiz Navia

Alle Credits

Director

  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Screenplay

  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez
  • Fernando del Razo

Director of photography

  • Juan David Velásquez

Art director

  • Daniel Rincón

Production design

  • Marcela Gómez

Make-up artist

  • Manuela Muñoz

Costume design

  • Ana María Acosta

Editing

  • Ana García
  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Sound design

  • José Miguel Enríquez

Sound

  • Federico González Jordán

Audio mixing

  • Carlos Cortés

Casting

  • John Alex Castillo

Music

  • Nidia Góngora

Cast

  • Jesús María Mina
    José de los Santos
  • Julián Ramirez
    Pium-Pium
  • Carol Hurtado
    Teresa
  • John Alex Castillo
    Kommandant

Production company

  • Contravia Films (Cali)

in co-production with

  • Malacosa Cine (Mexiko-Stadt)
  • Dublin Films (Bordeaux)
  • Autentika Films (Berlin)
  • Bárbara Films (Cali)

Producer

  • Ana María Ruíz Navia
  • Oscar Ruiz Navia

Co-Producer

  • Rubén Imaz
  • Yulene Olaizola
  • David Hurst
  • Paulo de Carvalho
  • Gudula Meinzolt
  • Santiago Lozano Álvarez

Executive producer

  • Ana María Ruíz Navia
  • Oscar Ruiz Navia

Line producer

  • Adriana Agudelo

Funding

  • Fondo de Desarrollo Cinematográfico (CO)
  • Proimágenes Colombia (Bogotá)
  • Programa Ibermedia (Madrid)
  • Estímulo Fiscal Art (NL FI MX BE DE)
  • Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (Paris)
  • Centre National de la Cinématographie (C.N.C.) (Paris)
  • Institut français (FR)
  • Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine (FR)
  • World Cinema Fund (Berlin)
  • Visions Sud Est (Ennetbaden)
Duration:
87 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.02.2024, Berlin, IFF - Panorama

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (CO MX) Yo vi tres luces negras
  • Originaltitel (DE) I Saw Three Black Lights

Versions

Original

Duration:
87 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.02.2024, Berlin, IFF - Panorama

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/i-saw-three-black-lights_f4ee039a5e2846b7a94fec2bd34b68b7