Land and Shade (2015)

Original title

La tierra y la sombra

Directed by

César Augusto Acevedo

Genre

drama film

Country

Colombia, France, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his rural hometown after many years away to care for his ailing wife. He reconnects with his son and grandson as the family deals with the hardships of life on a sugarcane plantation.

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What happens

Land and Shade (Spanish: La tierra y la sombra) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by César Augusto Acevedo. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Caméra d'Or, France 4 Visionary Award and SACD Award. The film has been in development since 2009 and has since received support and funding from several international institutions. It is a co-production between Colombia, France, the Netherlands, Chile and Brazil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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