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The Kings of the world, by director Laura Mora Ortega, became one of the great revelations of the year 2022 for Colombian cinema. It triumphed at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the Golden Shell, but it also won the Golden Eye at the Zurich Film Festival and the highest distinction at the Biarritz Latin American Film Festival, in France.
Everything seemed to indicate that it would be one of the candidates for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category, but, despite the fact that it was among the shortlisted, it finally failed to win the nomination. Anyway, The Kings of the world it conquered the specialized press and critics, who lavished praise on the film.
In frames they compared it with the work of one of the best directors in history: “Symbolism, poetry, lyricism in the face of the violence of the disinherited. The current version of Los olvidados if Buñuel had shot his film today.” From The world they described it as “a tale of furious grammar, not only free but volcanic in style. Everything explodes.” The medium The newspaper praised its director: “What allows her to transcend the archetype is Mora’s extraordinary ability when it comes to orchestrating and composing images that, in different ways, due to their violence, their muscle, their poetry, their sadness, result overwhelming”.
Framed in the road-movie genre, The Kings of the world It is a film about disobedience, friendship and the dignity that exists in resistance. The story follows Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano, five boys from the streets of Medellín who embark on a journey in search of the promised land. A subversive tale through a wild and endearing clan, which transits between reality and delirium.
Thus, the film addresses a series of issues that function as a bridge to understand the history of Colombia after the signing of the Final Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace.
The Kings of the world It was filmed in the Bajo Cauca Region and its five protagonists -Carlos Andrés Castañeda, Davison Florez, Brahian Acevedo, Cristian Campaña and Cristian David Duque- are natural actors recruited from the most marginal areas of Medellín.
The film was directed by Laura Mora Ortega, who also wrote the script together with María Camila Arias. Leonardo Heiblum and Alexis Ruiz composed the music, while the photography was the work of David Gallego. The film is already available in the catalog of Netflix Do not miss it!
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The film that triumphed and moved international festivals has arrived on Netflix