LA FORTALEZA
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Director:
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Genre:
Ficción / Drama
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Duration:
108 minutes
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Year:
2023
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Cast:
Roque
Jorge Roque Thielen
Yoni
Yoni Naranjo
Faqua
Carlos Fagua Medina
Leudys
Leudys Naranjo
Synopsis
Middle-aged Roque gets kicked out of his parents’ house into the burning streets of Caracas, where Venezuela’s economic crisis has flared up. Desperate to sober up, he returns to the abandoned lodge he built during happier, healthier days in the Amazon jungle. Dense vines, fever dreams and poisoned water close in on him, while good friends with bad habits whisper promises of gold. In his fragile state, Roque joins the indigenous locals in illegal goldmining, controlled by Colombian guerrillas. Faced with the darkness of the merciless land, he reaches deep inside himself to find a way out.
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International Prizes
- - Premio del Jurado Largometraje de Ficción, 29 Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine, Francia, 2020
With the support
Breaker, Berlinale World Cinema Fund Europe, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, en partenariat avec le CNC, Proimágenes Colombia, Tribeca Film Institute Latin America Fund, BAFICI - Buenos Aires Lab, ARTE, Cinéma International Prize, TIFF Writer´s Studio, Cine Qua Non Lab, Guadalajara IFF - Co-Production Meeting
Participation in Festivals
- - Marché Screenings, Marché du film, Festival de Cannes, Francia, 2020
- Competencia Tiger, 49 Festival Internacional de Cine de Róterdam, Países Bajos, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 51 Visions du Réel, Suiza, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 25 Busan International Film Festival, Corea, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 35 Guadalajara International Film Festival, México, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 60 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 58 Gijón International Film Festival, España, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 64 Cork International Film Festival, Irlanda, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 42 Cairo International Film Festival, Egipto, 2020
- Selección Oficial, 42 Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, Cuba, 2021
- Selección Oficial, 36 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Estados Unidos, 2021
