El Amparo
7.2
On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead. The Army accuses them of being guerrilla fighters and tries via intimidation to seize them from the cell where they are being watched over by the local police officer and by the entire village. They say they are simple fishermen, but pressure to yield to the official version is overwhelming.
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Cast
24 people
Vicente Quintero
Pinilla
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Giovanni García
Chumba
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The Family
Jezabel
Mariana Rodríguez
Karin Valecillos
Rober Calzadilla
Vicente Peña
Mendieta
Known for
Papita, maní, tostón
Papita 2da Base
Matías Tikas
Samantha Castillo
Yajaira
Known for
Cecilia
Evil Eye
Marianela Illas
Gustavo Rondón Córdova
Rossana Hernández
Rubita
Also in
Jezabel
Jasmines In Lidice
Alejandro Prieto
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Southern Star
Rober Calzadilla Director · Karin Valecillos Writer Andrés Levell Composer
United States release January 6, 2017 · Produced in Colombia, Venezuela · Production Películas Prescindibles, Caja Negra Producciones
Production
Tumbarrancho Films
Production
Películas Prescindibles
Production
Caja Negra Producciones
Production
Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) (I)
Production
Colombia · Venezuela
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
United States · September 15, 2016
Premiere · AFI Latin American Film Festival
United States · January 6, 2017
Limited theatrical · Palm Springs International Film Festival
United States
March 9, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Miami International Film Festival
Argentina
April 24, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Brazil
October 24, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Sao Paulo Mostra Internacional
Cambodia
October 8, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Bogota International Film Festival
Colombia
October 8, 2016 · Bogota International Film Festival
Cuba
December 12, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Havana Film Festival
Dominican Republic
January 26, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Dominican Republic Global Film Festival
France
September 28, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema
Germany
June 28, 2017 · Munich International Film Festival
India
November 23, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Goa International Film Festival of India
January 13, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Pune International Film Festival
Italy
March 24, 2017 · Milan African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival
Norway
September 21, 2016 · Limited theatrical
Panama
March 31, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Panama International Film Festival
Spain
September 21, 2016 · Limited theatrical · San Sebastian Film Festival
Sweden
January 29, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Göteborg Film Festival
Uruguay
April 8, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
December 28, 2017 · Theatrical
Venezuela
October 13, 2017
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