Jorge Navas' first feature, Blood and Rain (La Sangre y la Lluvia), was a hit at the Venice Film Festival, received several award nominations and has since been compared to early Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese. Set in the underworld of Colombia's Bogota, spanning the events of one rain-soaked night, Blood and Rain follows taxi driver, Jorge, as he tries to uncover the names of his recently killed brother, William's, murderers.
Opening shots of a city in a storm seen through woodlands make a promising start with beautiful rain footage. From here, the cinematography is just as strong but back stories are lacking. After completing a drop off, Jorge (Jorgita) is intercepted by corrupt Lieutenant Gonzales' (Hernan Mendez) heavies who beat him and arrange a meeting for Gonzales to tell Jorge what he knows of his ex-guerilla-fighter brother's killers.
Gonzales' “dogs” are laughable amateurs, unsure of their lead or...
Opening shots of a city in a storm seen through woodlands make a promising start with beautiful rain footage. From here, the cinematography is just as strong but back stories are lacking. After completing a drop off, Jorge (Jorgita) is intercepted by corrupt Lieutenant Gonzales' (Hernan Mendez) heavies who beat him and arrange a meeting for Gonzales to tell Jorge what he knows of his ex-guerilla-fighter brother's killers.
Gonzales' “dogs” are laughable amateurs, unsure of their lead or...
- 9/28/2011
- Shadowlocked
Director Jorge Navas brings the real Colombia to Tribeca this year with his beautiful film Blood and Rain (La sangre y la lluvia), the story of a Colombian man and woman who meet in a taxi on one fated night in the middle of a torrential downpour. This is the same rain that washes away the blood on the asphalt of the streets of Colombia each night, clearing the way for children to wait for the bus, or for an arepa vendor to set up his cart, or for an old woman to sit on the curb and rest. The violence is washed away and the memory of it is gone. As we move through dark night in Bogota, the images of blood and rain take on a variety of metaphoric meanings. Taxi driver Jorge, played by Quique Mendoza, starts his shift off badly as he has a run-in with...
- 4/30/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
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