The Amparo (2017)
- Original title
- El Amparo
- Directed by
- Rober Calzadilla
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Colombia, Venezuela
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film is based on a real event where the Venezuelan army killed fishermen they accused of being guerrillas. It follows the aftermath of that massacre along the Colombian border.
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What happens
El Amparo is a 2016 drama film directed by Rober Calzadilla and coproduced between Colombia and Venezuela. The film is set in El Amparo, a Venezuelan location on the shores of Arauca River, in the Colombian border, based in the 1988 Massacre of El Amparo, where the Venezuelan army killed several fishermen, accusing them of being Colombian guerillas. The film premiered as the opening film of the 2016 AFI Latin American Film Festival. It was screened at Colombian theaters on 28 November 2019. The film was Venezuela's candidate for the Goya Award for Best Iberoamerican Film in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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