Portraits in a sea of lies

Carlos Gaviria
fiction, super 16mm, color, 90min, 2009
Colombia

After the death of their grandfather in a mudslide, Jairo, an itinerant photographer, and Marina, his young amnesic and mute cousin, decide to go back and try to recover the land from which she was displaced years ago. They travel from Bogotá to the Caribbean coast in an old beat-up Renault 4. During the trip the story of her traumatic past starts to unfold. Upon reaching their hometown, paramilitary soldiers kidnap them. While attempting to flee, Jairo is wounded. Marina goes to the ruins of her family home where she remembers the killing of her family. She goes back with the deed of their land, to Jairowhose life is fading fast. She takes him to the sea to die.

PORTRAITS IN A SEA OF LIES is a portrait of Colombia, a country that has suffered a civil war during the last 60 years. Several hundred thousand people have been killed and more than 4 million have been displaced. Nevertheless, Colombians see themselves as the happiest people in the
world.

Carlos Gaviria directed the film from an original screenplay he wrote. Erwin Goggel was the Producer. He has a long list of credits, including the highly acclaimed Colombian film LA VENDEDORA DE ROSAS (The Rose Seller), which was in the Official Competition in Cannes in 1998.

DIRECTOR: Carlos Gaviria
SCRIPT: Carlos Gaviria
PRODUCTION: Erwin Goggel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: Paola Vásquez
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Edgar Gil
ART DIRECTOR: Claudia Fischer
EDITING: Carlos Gaviria
SOUND DESIGN: Ricardo Escallón
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Diana Hernández “María Mulata” and Leonardo Gómez

CAST:
Paola Baldion (Marina)
Julián Román (Jairo)
Edgardo Román (Nepomuceno)
Valeria Fuentes

Official web site:www.retratosenunmardementiras.com
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Officil Selection: Berlin 2010. Generation.
Best Film. Best Actress. Latinofusion Distribution Award. Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara 2010.
Best First Feature. Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias.
Honorable Mention for Julián Román. Los Angeles Latino Film Festival.

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