Birds of Passage

Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra20182h 5mCrime, Drama

Why we chose it

Ciro Guerra, who made “Embrace of the Serpent”, starts with American Peace Corps volunteers trying to buy marijuana in the Colombian desert, then mixes in magical realism and the beliefs of the Wayúu people. Out of one deal grows a crime saga about a family and the traditions it lives by.

Synopsis

Rapayet can’t marry Zaida until he pays her dowry, so when a group of Americans turns up in the La Guajira desert in the 1970s looking for marijuana, he sees his chance. The business takes off faster than anyone expected, and within a few years his family is the richest around, with Zaida’s mother Úrsula keeping an eye on every deal. Once greed and passion run up against an unwritten code of honour, war breaks out, and the money keeps pouring in while the old rules refuse to give.

Information

Directors
Cast
Also known as
Pajaros de Verano
Production year
2018
Decade
2010s
Duration
2h 5m
Festivals & Awards
Language
Wayuu, Spanish, English
Country
Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, France
Subtitles
Greek, Polish, English
Age rating
16+

London Film Festival

Honorable Mention - Best Film

2018

What others say

4.1
57 reviews

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