Critics Week · 43rd Edition
Amparo
Director
Simón Mesa Soto
Country
Colombia, Sweden
Runtime
1 h 35 min
Language
Spanish
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
In 1998, single mother Amparo races to save her teenage son after is he drafted and deployed by the Colombian army
Screenplay
Simón Mesa Soto
About the Director
Born in Medellin in 1986, Simón Mesa Soto studied Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad de Antioquia. In 2014, he finished the MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School. His graduation film, LEIDI, won the short film Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and the Gold Hugo at the 2015 Chicago International Film Festival, among many other prizes. His next short film, MADRE, was nominated for the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and went on winning many awards worldwide. AMPARO (2021) is his first feature film.
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