Paulina García (Sebastian Leilo's Gloria) stars as Inés, mother of Basilio played by Claudio Cataño (Netflix' One Hundred Years of Solitude), who has been missing for a long time and has finally returned home to the Colombian countryside to find her. But the pair are actually dead, their souls tied to the many stories they left behind. When they decide to travel through a war-torn landscape to comprehend what their fate might mean, it becomes painfully clear that only through great sacrifice will they achieve the redemption they long for.
Writer-director César Augusto Acevedo — whose 2015 film Land and Shade won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival — doubles down on the poetics of eerie landscapes, fire, shadows, and precisely orchestrated sounds. The score vividly resonates with chaos, ache, and hope, propelling the characters to face their horror and, hopefully, escape a vicious cycle of violence. Facing truth may break us, or set us free.
★★★★ 1/2
“A visual poem. One of the year’s most fascinating, complex and engaging films” International Cinephile Society"Incontestably unsettling. an artistic, avant-garde dreamlike presentation of guilt, redemption, and loss"Film Fest Report"Masterfully made. Destined for further festival exposure and distribution in arthouse theatres"
Cineuropa
"Horizonte is a terrific film, on an important topic'" Film Threat"A shock that is both moral and aesthetic!"J:magDirector
César Augusto Acevedo
Cast
Claudio Cataño, Paulina García
Producers
Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Thierry Lenouvel
Executive Producers
Lizeth Nieto Castro, Giancarlo Nasi, Donato Rotunno
Cinematography Mateo Guzmán Sánchez, Editing Soledad Salfate, Camila Beltrán, Production Designer Marcela Gómez Montoya, Costume Designer Julián Grijalba, Screenplay César Augusto Acevedo, Sound Camilo Martínez; Jean-Guy Véran
Production Companies
Inercia Películas, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Unafilm, Quijote Films, Tarantula, In Vivo Films