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Amparo

Directed by Simón Mesa Soto
Colombia, Sweden, Qatar
2021
95 mins

After a long night’s shift, Amparo, a single mother of two, returns home to find her children are not there. She soon discovers that her son has been drafted during an army raid and will be sent to the front in a notorious war zone near the border. His fate seems sealed.

With only a single day left until his departure, Amparo manages to contact a man who offers to alter Elias' files and get him out. With little on her side, she embarks on a race against time to free her son in a society ruled by corruption.

  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    Colombia, Sweden, Qatar
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Premiere Status
    Florida Premiere
  • Director
    Simón Mesa Soto
  • Cast
    Sandra Melissa Torres, Diego Alejandro Tobon, Luciana Gallego, John Jairo Montoya
  • Writer
    Simón Mesa Soto
  • Cinematographer
    Juan Sarmiento G.
  • Editor
    Ricardo Saraiva
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues, Thriller
  • Theme
    Drama, Family, Jordan Ressler First Feature Award

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