BIRDS OF PASSAGE
by Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra
synopsis
The origins of the Colombian drug trade, through the epic story of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion and honour collide, a fratricidal war breaks out that will put their lives, their culture and their ancestral traditions at stake.
| international title: | Birds of Passage |
| original title: | Pájaros de verano |
| country: | Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Germany |
| sales agent: | Films Boutique |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra |
| film run: | 125' |
| release date: | HU 17/01/2019, PL 18/01/2019, GR 31/01/2019, DK 21/02/2019, ES 22/02/2019, RO 15/03/2019, DE 4/04/2019, FR 10/04/2019, BE 10/04/2019, IT 11/04/2019, PT 25/04/2019, UK 17/05/2019 |
| screenplay: | Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal |
| cast: | Carmina Martínez, Natalia Reyes, José Acosta |
| cinematography by: | David Gallego |
| film editing: | Miguel Schverdfinger |
| art director: | Angelica Perea |
| costumes designer: | Catherine Rodríguez |
| music: | Leonardo Heiblum |
| producer: | Cristina Gallego, Katrin Pors |
| co-producer: | Nicolás Celis, Sebastian Celis, Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin, Sandino Saravia Vinay, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade |
| production: | Snowglobe, Films Boutique, Blond Indian Films (CO), Ciudad Lunar Producciones (CO), Pimienta Films (MX) |
| distributor: | Mozinet, Against Gravity, Danaos Cinema, Øst for Paradis, Bteam Pictures, Bad Unicorn, MFA Filmdistribution, Diaphana Distribution, Academy Two, Alambique, Curzon Artificial Eye |
