Apocalipsur
Encyclopedia
Apocalipsur is a 2007
Colombian
drama film
written and directed by Javier Mejía Osorio. It won the National Film Announcement of the Colombian Ministry of Culture in 2002. The film was chosen as the best film at the Colombian Film Festival of Cartagena in 2007.
to London
because of threats against his mother. Before leaving, his friends and his girlfriend give him a great farewell with a rock band included. After a few months he comes back to Medellin and finds that the city is the same war zone he remembers. El Flaco’s best friends picks him up at the airport in their Bola de Nieve, a van in which they have travelled many kilometers together and has become everyone’s refuge.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
Colombian
Cinema of Colombia
Colombian Cinema has struggled to develop as a solid industry throughout its history. During the beginning of the 20th century some production companies tried to maintain a level of constant production but lack of government support and a strong international industry ended up diminishing initiative...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by Javier Mejía Osorio. It won the National Film Announcement of the Colombian Ministry of Culture in 2002. The film was chosen as the best film at the Colombian Film Festival of Cartagena in 2007.
Plot
El Flaco runs away from his home in MedellinMedellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
to London
London
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because of threats against his mother. Before leaving, his friends and his girlfriend give him a great farewell with a rock band included. After a few months he comes back to Medellin and finds that the city is the same war zone he remembers. El Flaco’s best friends picks him up at the airport in their Bola de Nieve, a van in which they have travelled many kilometers together and has become everyone’s refuge.
Awards
Cartagena Film Festival- Best Colombian Film 2007
- Special Jury Prize: Javier Mejía Osorio