Monos

Monos

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

A unit of teenage guerrilla bandits watch over an American female hostage, awaiting orders by the never-to-be-seen “Organization.” Lacking the ideals that inspire action for a higher cause, the young rebels simply hang out and, often enough, go rogue. Eventually, they submit to a collective orgiastic breakdown, as their world starts to crumble and chaos prevails in a crescendo of raw violence. The remote mountains and the jungle of this undefined land set up an otherworldly canvas, that illustrates an allegory for the surreal nature of war.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Alejandro Landes
Script: Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos
Cinematography: Jasper Wolf
Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Ted Guard, Santiago Otheguy
Sound: Javier Farina
Music: Mica Levi
Actors: Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón
Producers: Alejandro Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Cristina Landes
Co-production: Campo Cine, Lemming Film, Snowglobe Film, Film I Vast, Pandora Film, CounterNarrative Films
Co-producers: Leontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Nicolas Avruj, Diego Lerman, Katrin Pors, Anthony Muir, Agustina Chiarino, Christoph Friedel, Claudia Steffen
Art Direction: Daniela Schneider
Costumes: Johanna Buendia
Executive producer: Jorge Iragorri, Andres Calderon, Gloria Maria Restrepo, Gustavo Pazmin Perea, Josef Rebalski, Charles De Viel Castel, Duke Merriman, J. C. Chandor
Make Up: Andres Ramirez, Alex Rojas
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Colombia, Argentina, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Uruguay, USA
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 102΄
Distribution in Greece: Filmtrade
Contact: Le Pacte, contact@le-pacte.com
Awards/Distinctions: World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award – Sundance 2019, Audience Award, Colombian Cinema Award – Cartagena FF 2019, Blue Angel Prize – Art FF 2019, Best Original Score – Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2019

Alejandro Landes

Alejandro Landes was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but grew up in Ecuador and Colombia. His documentary Cocalero was screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and gained theatrical release in over 20 countries. His debut feature film Porfirio premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2011 and went on to be screened and win prizes at many international film festivals.

Filmography

2007 Cocalero (doc)
2011 Porfirio
2019 Monos