MONOS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County), Moisés Arias (Five Feet Apart), Sofia Buenaventura (film debut), Julian Giraldo (film debut), Karen Quintero (film debut), Deiby Rueda (film debut), Sneider Castro (film debut), Paul Cubides (film debut), Wilson Salazar (film debut), Laura Castrillón (film debut), Jorge Román (Ulysses), Valeria Diana Solomonoff (The Caller)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alejandro Landes (Porfirio), director, writer, producer; Alexis Dos Santos (Glue), writer; Fernando Epstein (25 Watts), Cristina Landes (film debut) and Santiago A. Zapata (film debut), producers; Mica Levi (Jackie), composer; Jasper Wolf (Code Blue), cinematographer; Ted Guard (film debut), Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite) and Santiago Otheguy (Las Niñas Quispe), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On a faraway mountaintop in South America, a group of armed teenage militants are tasked with watching over an American hostage (Nicholson) and a conscripted milking cow. However, an ambush soon forces them into the jungle, where their mission and comradery begins to fall apart…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A twisted mix of coming-of-age drama and war thriller, Alejandro Landes’ newest film is a thrilling piece of cinema that’s guaranteed to make you think as well to leave you utterly spellbound.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2019

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