Monos

Alejandro Landes
Colombia, The Netherlands, Argentina, Germany, Sweden
2019
102'

- Saturday, 09 November 2019
- 9:30
- Cinema Tuškanac
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- 18:00
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- Saturday, 16 November 2019
- 19:00
- Museum of Contemporary Art
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On a remote mountaintop, eight children with guns keep close watch on an American hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson – I, Tonya, August: Osage County) and cow Shakira. The young commandos belong to a shadowy force known as The Organisation. During the day, they engage in military exercises and at night indulge in youthful hedonism. But when their cow is killed during battle, their frolicking is over. Artfully blending war drama and thriller, Monos is an unsettling hallucinatory vision of the chaos and absurdities of war from an adolescent’s perspective, drawing comparisons to Apocalypse Now. Mica Levi, better known as Micachu (Under the Skin, Jackie) composed the soundtrack, while the film premiered at Sundance and was Colombia’s Oscar candidate.

Subtitles: HR, EN

Alejandro Landes

Born in Brazil, grew up in Ecuador and Colombia. His documentary Cocalero (2007) screened at Sundance and was released theatrically in over 20 countries. His debut feature film Porfirio (2011) premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, going on to screen and win prizes at many international film festivals.

Monos

Director: Alejandro Landes

Screenplay: Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos

Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Sofía Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón, Deiby Rueda, Paul Cubides, Sneider Castro, Moisés Arias, Wilson Salazar

DOP: Jasper Wolf

Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Ted Guard, Santiago Otheguy

Producer: Alejandro Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Cristina Landes, Leontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Nicolás Avruj, Diego Lerman, Katrin Pors, Anthony Muir, Agustina Chiarino, Christoph Friedel

Production: Stela Cine, Lemming Film, Campo Cine, Pandora, SnowGlobe, Film i Vast, Mutante Cine, Pando Producciones, Bord Cadre Films, EFD Colombia