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- Set in the Valle del Cauca, Acevedo’s film is a contemplative look at a family in crisis: when Adolfo (Haimer Leal) returns to the home he abandoned seventeen years earlier, he finds his son Gerardo (Edison Raigosa) bedridden, and the entire landscape surrounding his modest house overridden and destroyed by the effects of sugarcane monoculture farming.
remezcla.com/features/film/la-tierra-y-la-sombra-interview-cesar-augusto-acevedo/Interview César Augusto Acevedo, Director of 'Land and Shade'
Land and Shade (Spanish: La tierra y la sombra) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by César Augusto Acevedo. [1] It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival [2] where it won the Caméra d'Or, France 4 Visionary Award and SACD Award. [3]
Land and Shade: Directed by César Augusto Acevedo. With Haimer Leal, Hilda Ruiz, Edison Raigosa, Marleyda Soto. After having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.
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- Drama
- César Augusto Acevedo
- 2015-07-23
Mar 9, 2016 · César Augusto Acevedo Film Society of Lincoln Center interview la tierra y la sombra Neighboring Scenes. César Augusto Acevedo discusses everything from his poetic style, the current...
- Manuel Betancourt
Jun 3, 2015 · Winner of three prizes at Cannes including the prestigious Camera D’Or awarded to a first-time film-maker across the whole festival selection, Cesar Arcevedo’s Land And Shade (La Tierra Y La ...
May 18, 2015 · A beautifully crafted, leisurely paced portrait of a Colombian family holding on while the world is literally engulfed in flames around them, Land and Shade (La Tierra y la Sombra) clearly...
Synopsis. Alfonso is an old farmer who has returned home to tend to his son, who is gravely ill. He rediscovers his old house, where the woman who was once his wife still lives, with his daughter-in-law and grandson. The landscape that awaits him resembles a wasteland.
Aug 18, 2016 · César Acevedo’s La tierra y la sombra is, for those who have seen it, of course very different from Tarr’s work. However, there is something in the camera work, which reminds me of just how well certain slow-film directors use their aesthetics in order to take their viewers on a journey.
