Carlos lives in a youth shelter in the center of Bogotá. It’s Christmas and he longs to spend the day with his family. As he leaves the shelter for the holidays, Carlos is confronted with the brutality of his neighborhood, ruled by the law of the strongest, the alpha male. He must prove he can be one of them, while deep inside, these expressions of masculinity clash with the decisions he must make in order to survive.
Presented in the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
Un Varón
2022
16 years
82 min.
Fiction
Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Germany
Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Germany, youth, maturing, social pressure, violence, crime, international festivals
Colorido
Fabian Hernández
Fabian Hernández
Sofía Oggioni
Nicolás Demasion
Dylan Felipe Ramírez
Manuel Ruiz Montealegre, Louise Bellicaud, Claire Charles-Gervais, Ilse Hughan, Christoph Hahnheiser, Josune Hahnheiser
Medio de Contención Producciones
Mike & Fabien Kourtzer
Cercamon
46