Colombianos
Tora Mårtens
| Sweden
| 2012
| 90 min
This achingly intimate struggle between two handsome twenty-something Colombian brothers, raised in Sweden by their fiercely independent single mother, plays out almost like a fictional drama. Ambitious, athletic Pablo, a medical student in Bogotá, convinces younger brother Fernando, an off-the-rails addict spiralling out of control in Stockholm, to come and live with him and turn his life around. Hillside jogs and guitar lessons are all part of the abstinence program, but there’s a chasm of misunderstanding that is difficult to bridge. The strength of filial love is palpable but self-destructive habits die hard, even when the salvation of a family is at stake.
Director Tora Mårtens
Producer Antonio Russo Merenda
Premiere Australian Premiere
Section International Competition
Festival Year 2012