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Synopsis
On a faraway Colombian mountaintop, what at first glance looks like a hedonistic summer camp, is actually the setting of a mission: child soldiers with war names must make sure that Doctor, a kidnapped American woman, stays alive. But when a battle approaches and a borrowed milk cow is killed by accident, playtime is over.
- Screenplay:
- Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos
- Cinematography:
- Jasper Wolf
- Sound:
- Lena Esquenazi
- Edit:
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Ted Guard, Santiago Otheguy
- Music:
- Mica Levi
- Cast:
- Buenaventura Sofia, Quintero Karen, Castrillón Laura, Rueda Deiby, Julianne Nicholson, Julián Giraldo, Sneider Castro
- Production Company:
- Franja Nomo, Snowglobe Films, Counter Narrative Films, Campo Cine, Le Pacte, Lemming Film, Mutante Cine, Pando Producciones, Pola Pandora Filmproduktions, Bord Cadre films
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Director's statement
When I made "Monos", I wanted to plunge into a world suspended between childhood and war. High in the mountains, a group of teenage soldiers guard a hostage while forming their own fragile society, shaped by hierarchy, ritual, and instinct. I was interested in how isolation distorts morality and how violence can become both game and survival mechanism. The landscape itself acts as a psychological force, overwhelming and indifferent. **The film ultimately suggests** that when authority collapses into abstraction, innocence erodes quickly, and identity is shaped by chaos. Through intensity and ambiguity, I sought to explore the thin line between discipline and savagery.