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Roberto Hurtado suffers from a rare disease that requires massive transfusions of blood from children or adolescents. His son blackmails three employees to get blood for him and they resort to unscrupulous methods to obtain it.
May 1982
Using the unfinished film, ANGELITA Y MIGUEL ÁNGEL, by Andrés Caicedo and Carlos Mayolo, as a structuring device, friends of prolific film critic and writer Andrés Caicedo, an unforgettable figure of the group of Cali in the 1970s who left an incredible amount of texts, reflect upon his life, his work, and his suicide at the age of 25, testify to his influence in the cultural life of Colombia, and remember his strong and touching personality.
Jan 1986
Mid-1950s. Don Polo¸ rich and influential landed¸ has two children: legitimate and spoiled Abel¸ and Caín¸ born from the relationship with an employee of the ranch¸ and who since childhood has been treated as any pawn. Despite its condition¸ brothers¸ maintain a good friendship until that appears the restless Margarita¸ whose love face. The girl is forced to marry Abel¸ who dies at the hands of his older brother. Cain flees with Margarita to join the group commands the Bandit Pedro Palos. Violence is merciless in their lives.
Jan 1984
The disappearance of a girl in high seas and the tragic death of her father make part of a puzzle that points to an island with a valuable solid golden triangle. The relatives of the victims and an unscrupulous group of mercenaries was embarking on a greedy search for triangle of gold in the middle of an island that no one has come alive. What do not know is that the island has deadly dangers that nobody has imagined.
Jan 1985
Adolfo is an ambitious young man who dreams of leaving the town where he lives with his parents and trying his luck as a radio host in the United States of America, without realizing that everything he truly desires is closer than he thinks.
Sep 1986
View of the murder of her mother, Laura decides to talk to her spirit, to tell her who killed it. Therefore, leaving murder to find out in the afterlife.
Dec 1985
Jan 1981
Irene, a young singer who works at the fruit market, and Joaquín, a poor and hungry mechanic new in town, fell in love and struggle against violence in cold Bogotá.
Dec 1990
Jun 1986
August 6, 1956 during the military dictatorship of Rojas Pinilla. A military convoy loaded with dynamite explodes in the center of Cali, destroying a good part of the traditional buildings of the city and exposing the roots of some houses that for years had kept the secret stories of their inhabitants.
Dec 1983
Young Valentina uses all her might to believe that her deceased father is still alive.
Sep 2024
A good boy from the province attracts the attention of the town's saints for his virtues, sweetness and calm willingness to collaborate with others. They decide to join forces to send him to the seminary with a view to a future and brilliant priesthood. His behavior, however, will be more that of an imp than that of the apparent little angel.
Adel is a singer from the Caribbean coast who wanders through the villages playing his accordion and falling in love with girls. He meets Blanca who gives him her love, he agrees to marry her and go to live with her in Barranquilla. Despite the promise, and the pressure of Blanca's family, it will be very difficult for Adel to fulfill his commitment: the same night of the wedding day he will be seduced and will be obsessed by La Mohana, goddess of the waters, about whose legend the old people tell more than one story.
Apr 1986
A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.
Dec 1993
Nov 1980
A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his village. But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the court's justice, but not with some villagers. There are some who still seek true justice.
A gang intends to rescue a friend from a mental hospital, moving around Medellin by bicycle and communicating through a radio program known as "The Inhabitants of the Night".
Jun 1984
Rodrigo and his friends, restless teenagers from the marginalized neighborhoods on the hillsides of Medellín, spend their time causing trouble. But Rodrigo dreams of playing rock music and brings his friends together to form a punk band that becomes a lifeline amid a web of disorientation, violence, drugs, and fear.
Jul 1990
May 1987
Jaime Flórez, a shrewd provincial, has a stroke of luck when he is treated as a king in a town that confuses him with an important international diplomat.