37th cleveland international film festival :: April 3 - april 14, 2013
The Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the Mountain
The Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the MountainThe Colors of the Mountain
Director:
Carlos César Arbelaez

Run Time: 88 minutes

Country: COLOMBIA

Year: 2010
Share:
facebook twitter digg
Send to a friend:
go

The Colors of the Mountain (Los colores de la montaña)

  (login to rate)

How’s a kid supposed to play soccer in peace, with guerrillas encroaching upon the beautiful Colombian hills where he lives? Manuel has just turned nine, and his main concerns are his new soccer ball and tending his father’s cows. He’s a polite little fellow with two buddies named Julian and Poca Luz, and he has a tiny crush on a blonde girl who lends him a colored pencil in school. A kind-hearted new teacher comes to the village and gets the children to paint a mural over some partisan graffiti. But scattered gunfire can be heard more frequently, and strange men keep showing up, asking Manuel’s beloved papa why he doesn’t come to the guerrilla meetings. FARC fighters are closing in, recruiting men to their anti-government cause by force, if necessary. One by one, as their families leave the village, the teacher crosses the names of Manuel’s friends off her attendance list. Now Manuel’s family must finally make the decision for themselves: should they stay on their mountain of many colors or flee to an unknown future? (In Spanish with subtitles) – B.B.

Sidebars Cinema en Español
Producer Juan Pablo Tamayo
Screenplay Carlos César Arbelaez
Cinematography Oscar Jiménez
Editing Felipe Aljure, Andrés Durán
Principal Cast Genaro Aristizábal, Nolberto Sanchez, Hernán Ocampo
Director Bio Carlos César Arbelaez is a director from Antioquia, Colombia and holds a degree from the Communications Faculty of the University of Antioquia.
Select Filmography THE COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN (2010)
Print Source Film Movement
rebeca@filmmovement.com
www.filmmovement.com
People who purchased tickets for
this film also bought:

Green Wave
Holy Wars
Dying to Do Letterman
Pinoy Sunday
Woodmans

Past Screenings

Friday, March 25, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM

Member Comments

Want to leave your own comment? Login or join now.

Nice slice of life

Posted by Erik Piepenburg, FilmBuffSingle Member

I get the realism. I get the nonprofessional actors. I get the even handed pacing. I just felt the movie was too slow. The ball metaphor was a little much.

Colors?

Posted by , Member

To wrap up the evening I saw The Colors of the Mountain. Title sounds interesting, right. It has nothing to do with mountains or color. Completely lacking in character development and any skill in script writing.