Camilo Restrepo

Los conductos

Reviews

“Stunning. Hallucinatory. A swirling, cryptic journey into a hellish Medellín night.” – Jonathan Romney, Sight & Sound

 

    “Every frame is gorgeous. Restrepo’s debut feature burns white-hot with the misterioso story of an outlaw at large.” – Devika Girish, Film Comment

 

        “Potent, angry, stylish. An inventive, elusive work, catalyzing righteous outrage to create propulsive entertainment.” – Rhys Handley, Sight & Sound

 

        “Vivid and dreamlike. Nearly every sequence contains a moment of sudden, arresting beauty.” – Clinton Krute, Bomb Magazine

 

            “Announces Restrepo as a visceral talent…who can be placed alongside Ciro Guerra and Alessandro Landes; Colombian filmmakers who use pop cinema techniques from Hollywood and beyond to tell twisted stories of life back home.” – Ben Flanagan, Vague Visages

SYNOPSIS

 

(Eng)

Freely inspired by a true story.

Medellin, Colombia. Pinky is on the run. He has just freed himself from the grip of a religious sect. He finds a place to squat and a job in a t-shirt factory. Misled by his own faith, he questions everything. But as he tries to put back together the pieces of his broken life, violent memories return to haunt him and ask for Revenge.

 

(Fr)

Librement inspiré d’une histoire réelle.

Medellín. Colombie. Pinky est en fuite. Il vient de se libérer de l’emprise d’une secte religieuse. Il se trouve un abri de fortune et un petit boulot dans une fabrique de T-shirts. Trompé par sa propre foi, il questionne tout. Mais alors qu’il tente de reconstruire sa vie, il est bientôt rattrapé par des réminiscences violentes qui demandent Revanche.

 

(Esp)

Libremente inspirada de una historia real

Medellín. Colombia. Pinky huye. Acaba de liberarse del yugo de una secta religiosa. Encuentra un refugio improvisado y trabajo en un taller de camisetas. Engañado por su propia fe, todo lo cuestiona. Pero mientras intenta reconstruir su vida, recuerdos violentos le atormentan y claman por Desquite.

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Press kit – English

Press Kit – French

Press Kit – Spanish

Cast & Crew

 

With : Luis Felipe Lozano & Fernando Úsuga Higuíta

Writer-Director: Camilo Restrepo / Producer: 5à7 Films, Helen Olive & Martin Bertier, France / Producer: mutokino, Felipe Guerrero, Colombia / Co-Producer: If You Hold a Stone, André Mielnik, Gustavo Beck, Brazil / Co-Producer: Montañero Cine, Simón Vélez, Colombia / DOP: Guillaume Mazloum / 1^st Camera assistant: Cécile Plais / Editor: Camilo Restrepo / Sound Editor: Josefina Rodríguez / Sound Mixer: Mathieu Farnarier / Original Music: Arthur B. Gillette with the collaboration of Jennifer Hutt

 

Awards

 

BERLINALE 2020.  Winner Best First Feature film

MAR DEL PLATA FILM FESTIVAL. Best Latin-American film

CHAMPS ELYSÉES FILM FESTIVAL. Best French Director

 

Festivals

 

Berlinale (Germany)

New Directors New Films (USA)

Viennale (Austria)

IndieLisboa (Portugal)

Hong Kong IFF (Hong Kong)

San Sebastian (Spain)

Danish Film Institute (Denmark)

Mar del Plata  (Argentina)

Jeonju IFF (South Korea)

Vilnius IFF (Lithuania)

FICUNAM (Mexico)

CPH:DOX (Denmark)

Frames of Representation (ICA) (UK)

RIDM (Canada)

New Horizons IFF (Poland)

Thessaloniki IFF (Greece)

Jerusalem IFF  (Israel)

Shangai IFF (China)

Taipei IFF (Taiwan)

Carbonia IFF (Italy)

Curtocircuito (Spain)

Brisbane IFF (Australia)

Sarajevo IFF (Bosnie Herzegovine)

New Holland Island IFF (Russia)

Champs Elysées FF (France)

Preambulo (Costa Rica)

Filmoteca de Catalunya (Spain)

Rencontres de Guayaquil-Medellin (Ecuador)

FICLA Algarve  (Portugal)

CinemaAttic Collective (Scotland)

Kino Athens (Greece)

Cineteca de Madrid (Spain)

Innsbruck (Austria)

Randfilm (Germany)

Frontera Sur (Chile)

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Cuba)

Transcinema (Peru)

Subversive Film Festival (Croatia)

Auteur Film Festival Belgrade (Serbia)

Latin American Film Festival  (South Korea)

International Film Festival of Uruguay (Uruguay)

Huelva Festival de Cine Iberoamericano (Spain)

Kino im Sprengel (Germany)

Underdox FF (Germany)

Panorama du cinéma Colombien (France)

Collections & Libraries

 

This film is part of the Cinémathèque française collection

 

Global Eagle Airlines

 

Ajax Public Library

The Curlew Public library

Bowen Island Public library

Monroe County Public library

Milwaukee County Public library

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Waukegan Public library

University of Michigan

VOD

Mubi

Filmin (Spain)

 

Television

Señal Colombia (Colombia)

 

DVD & BluRay

Grasshopper Films (Here)

Press

 

• Noticine.com. Hablamos con el colombiano Camilo Restrepo sobre su opera prima en la Berlinale, “Los conductos”. By Jon Apaolaza. February 24th, 2020
• El Espectador. El protagonismo del cine marginal en la Berlinale. By Janina Pérez Aris. February 24th, 2020
• Critic.de. Los conductos – Kritik (German). By Jonas Nestoy. February 24th, 2020
• J-Mag. Berlinale 2020 – Encounters: Los conductos de Camilo Restrepo. By Firouz E. Pillet. February 25th, 2020
• Desistfilm. BERLINALE 2020: LOS CONDUCTOS DE CAMILO RESTREPO. By Mónica Delgado. February 25th, 2020
• Berlin Film Journal. Berlinale 2020 Review: Los Conductos. By Anton Dechand
• The Film Stage. Berlin Review: Los Conductos is a Succinctly Potent Portrait of a Damaged Soul. By Carlos Aguilar. February 26th, 2020
• Screendaily. ‘Los Conductos’: Berlin Review. By Nikki Baughan. February 26th, 2020
• El Séptimo arte. 70ª Berlinale: ‘Los conductos’ y ‘Lúa Vermella’ – Encontrar un atajo para volver a empezar. By Aina Riu. February 28th, 2020
• Libération.  A la Berlinale, l’être est capital. By Marcos Uzal. February 28th, 2020
• Papo de Cinema.Los Conductos. By Bruno Carmelo (Portuguese)
•  Revista Arcadia. ‘Los conductos’, del colombiano Camilo Restrepo: mejor ópera prima en la Berlinale. March 1st, 2020
•  WDR. Radio entrevista.
• La W. Los Conductos, la sorpresa colombiana en el festival de cine de Berlín
• Miradas de Cine. Belinale 2020: Crónica Final. By Luis Fernández. March 2nd, 2020 
• Sight & Sound. Nine discoveries from the 2020 Berlinale. By Rhys Handley. March 4^th, 2020
• Otros cines. Crítica de “Los conductos”, de Camilo Restrepo (Competencia Encounters), ganadora del premio a Mejor Opera Prima de la #70 Berlinale. By  Violeta Kovacsics. March 6th, 2020
• Cinestel. Camilo Restrepo sacude la Berlinale con su nuevo film “Los Conductos”. By José Luis García. March 6th, 2020
• EAM Cinema. ¿Habrá futuro para Colombia?. By Miguel Martin Maestro. March 9^th, 2020
• C7nema. Los Conductos: premiado na Berlinale revela uma Colômbia de lutas. By Rodrigo Fonseca. March 10th, 2020.
• Mouvement. Retour de Berlinale (2). By Julien Bécourt. 19th March, 2020
• POV.International.  Dagbog fra en ensom filmfan #2: Inside, outside, Latinamerika. By Frederik Bojer Bové. 20th March, 2020
• Scena9. By Georgiana Mușat. 9^th March 2020 
• El agente del cine. Informe 70 Festival de Berlín (1): Hallazgos latinoamericanos en Berlinale 2020By Wolfgang Bongers. 3^rd March  2020
•  Artechock.  Bilder, die nachklingen By Dennis Vetter. March 12^th 2020
• The Hollywood Reporter. ‘Los Conductos’: Film Review. By Deborah Young . March 31^st, 2020
• Film Comment.  Can Dialectics Break Bricks? By Devika Girish in the May-June 2020 Issue
• Cinestesia. Los Conductos: una cierta vanguardia audiovisual en Colombia. By Nicolás Cifuentes. June 21st, 2020.
• Micropsia. Festivales: reseña de «Los conductos», de Camilo Restrepo (Berlinale/San Sebastián). By Diego Lerer.  19th September, 2020.
• Fotogramas. ‘Los Conductos’, de Camilo Restrepo, la performance poética de un asesinato. By Carlos Loureda. September 21st, 2020.
• Macguffin007. Crítica: Los conductos. ¿A qué conduce la falta de oportunidades? BY Jorge Peña. October 1st, 2020.
• Los Conductos (2020), Camilo Restrepo. By Fábio Andrade. October 9th, 2020.
• Filmidee #24. CARBONIA FF: LOS CONDUCTOS. By Alberto Diana. October 9th, 2020.
• Comingsoon.IT. Los Conductos è il film colombiano che chiude il concorso del Carbonia Film Festival. By Daniela Catelli. October 10th, 2020.
• The Guardian. Los Conductos review – a cryptic Colombian parable. March 10th, 2021.
• Bomb Magazine. Camilo Restrepo’s Los Conductos, by Clineton  Krute. March 11th,  2021.
• Cinevue. Film Review: Los Conductos. By  Christopher Machell. March 11th, 2021.
• Página 12. “Los conductos”: un film singular, magnético, nocturno. By  Horacio Bernades. March 12th, 2021.
• Cinerama+. Crítica  Los Conductos. By Guillermo Colantonio. March  16th,  2021
• NDR. “Los Conductos”: great crazy film by Restrepo. By Katja Nicodemus. May 20th, 2021
• Laguna Negra. Zombis color mugre: El cine hechizo de Camilo Restrepo. By Adolfo  Guerrero. May 31st, 2021.
• El Espectador. “Los conductos”: la emancipación del crimen no cometido.  By Lilian Contreras Fajardo. June  5th, 2021.
• Canaguaro. Producir algo con lo viejo. By Pedro Adrián Zuluaga. April 13th, 2021.
• Ruderale. La psicodelia de los conductos. Sobre algunos motivos en Restrepo. By  Ruderales. July 19th, 2021.