Luz (2019 film)

Luz known as Luz: The Flower of Evil in english language is a 2019 Colombian film written and directed by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate starring Yuri Vargas.[1][2] In October 2019 it was part of Official Fantastic Competition at the SITGES Fantastic Film Festival in Spain.[3] The film has been selected in numerous international film festivals like Glasgow Film Festival, Nocturna Madrid, Almería Western Film Festival, Montevideo Fantastic, Fantaspoa, Peruvian Insólito, Sombra and Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre in which the film was winner for best Iberoamerican film, Best Photography, Best editing, Best acting for Yuri Vargas. Luz: The Flower of Evil also won the Silver Skull Award at the Morbido Film Fest in Mexico, where it had its Latin American Premiere.[4][5]

Luz: The Flower of Evil
Directed byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate
Produced byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate
Andrés Gómez
Written byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate
StarringYuri Vargas
Jim Muñoz
Conrado Osorio
Andrea Esquivel
Sharon Guzmán
Johan Alexander Camacho
Music byBrian Heater
CinematographyNicolás Caballero
Production
company
Afasia Films
Distributed byDark Sky Films, Raven Banner Releasing
Release date
  • 7 October 2019 (2019-10-07) (Sitges Film Festival)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryColombia
LanguageSpanish

The film was a nominee for best latinamerican fantastic film of 2019 by the Meliés Federation.

Plot

In the mountains, a preacher known as "The Lord" begins to lose credibility after promising the naive inhabitants that he would invoke some kind of god in childlike form. However, the appearance of two enigmatic characters will challenge the true meaning of faith.

Cast
  • Yuri Vargas as Uma
  • Conrado Osorio as The Lord
  • Jim Muñoz as Adam
  • Daniel Páez as Elias
  • Johan Camacho as Jesus
  • Marcela Robledo as Ángela
  • Sharon Guzman as Zion
  • Andrea Esquivel as Laila

Festivals
  • Sitges, Festival de Cine Fantástico de Cataluña, 2019, España (Oficial Fantastic Competición) Premiere Mundial
  • Nocturna Madrid 2019, Spain (Official Fantastic Competition)
  • Almería Western Film Festival 2019, Spain (Official Competition)
  • Mórbido 2019, Mexico (Winner SILVER SKULL Best latinamerican film) Latin Premiere'
  • Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre 2019, Argentina (Winner for best Iberoamerican film, Best Photography, Best editing, Best acting for Yuri Vargas)
  • Montevideo Fantástico 2019, Uruguay (Official Competition)
  • Blood Window Screenings 2019, Argentina (Screenings)
  • Meliés D'or Latinoamerica 2019, Argentina (Niminee Best Film of the Year 2019)
  • NOX Film Fest, Uruguay (Official Competition)
  • INSÓLITO Fest 2020, Perú (Official International Competition)
  • Glasgow Film Festival 2020, Escocia (Future Cult) U.K Premiere
  • FANTASPOA 2020, Brazil (Official Competition)
  • SOMBRA 2020, España (Official Competition)
  • Galacticat 2020 (Official Competition)
  • Night Visions, Finlandia 2020 (Official Competition)
  • INDIEBO, Colombia 2020 (Closing Film)
  • Paracinema, UK 2020 (Official Competition)
  • Buffalo Dreams, US 2020 (Official Competition)
  • Horrible Imaginings, US 2020 (Official Competition)
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References
  1. "Yuri Vargas y Jim Muñoz protagonizan la nueva película colombiana Luz". Caracol TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. "Yuri Vargas es la protagonista en la película colombiana Luz". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  3. "Luz, la película colombiana que se estrenará en el Festival de Cine Fantástico de Sitges". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  4. "Luz de Juan Diego Escobar Alzate gana en Morbido". Cine de Género Latinoamericano (in Spanish). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  5. "Cine Colombiano: Luz". Proimágenes Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
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