Three friends who grow old spend their time in coffee shops in Bogotá and meet regularly at a legendary chess club. No matter how good they are in chess, they fail to make any strategic move when it comes to life decisions. A young female director manages to capture the mental trace of aging masculinity and, at the same time, draws a nostalgic urban portrait of a multifaceted global city.
The Dragon’s Defense
La Defensa del Dragón
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Natalia Santa
- Script: Natalia Santa
- Cinematography: Nicolás Ordóñez, Ivan Herrera
- Editing: Juan Soto
- Sound: Juanma López
- Music: Gonzalo de Sagarminaga
- Actors: Gonzalo de Sagarminaga, Hernan Mendez, Manuel Navarro
- Production: Galaxia 311
- Producers: Ivette Liang, Nicolás Ordóñez, Natalia Santa, Ivan Herrera
- Art Direction: Marcela Gomez
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Colombia
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 80΄
- Contact: m-appeal
Natalia Santa
Natalia Santa was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1977. She studied literature and after graduating went into editorial media. She began screenwriting in 2002 with teen mini-series for television. Since then, she has developed several audio-visual projects in which she has endeavored to explore the intimate universes of the characters portrayed.
Filmography
2017 La Defensa del Dragón | The Dragon’s Defence
