Ciro Guerra

Colombian film director and screenwriter

February 6, 1981 (43 years old)

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Waiting for the Barbarians

U.S. 2019. Drama by Ciro Guerra with Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson. In a remote frontier post, a colonial magistrate confronts a cruelly tactical army colonel, who has come to interrogate the inhabitants about an impending uprising.

Runtime: 112 min.

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Birds of Passage

V.O.: Pájaros de verano

Col. 2018. Drama by Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra with José Acosta, Carmina Martinez, Natalia Reyes. To pay the dowry of his bride, daughter of the matriarch of an Indigenous clan in northern Colombia, an ambitious young man starts trafficking marijuana.

Runtime: 125 min.

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Embrace of the Serpent

V.O.: El abrazo de la serpiente

Col. 2015. Adventures drama by Ciro Guerra with Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres, Brionne Davis. Forty years apart, a Colombian shaman guides two foreign scientists along the Amazon in their quest for a sacred plant with miraculous powers.

Runtime: 125 min.

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The Wind Journeys

V.O.: Los Viajes del Viento

Col. 2009. Drama by Ciro Guerra with Marciano Martinez, Yull Nunez, Agustin Nieves. Bored with his nomadic life, an accordionist travels with a young disciple through northern Colombia in order to return his instrument to his mentor.

Runtime: 120 min.