Scene from the film Chasing After the Wind
Scene from the film Chasing After the Wind
Scene from the film Chasing After the Wind

Chasing After the Wind

Direction
Year 
2014
Country
  • Colombia
Duration
60min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

Gustavo is a sixty-year old man who lives in Gethsemane, a historical neighborhood in the city center of Cartagena, Colombia. Through the shadowing of his everyday life, this documentary traces a portrait of this rather complex character with many sides and paradoxes. Everyday, he roams across Gethsemane’s night, which is full of music, color and debris. Death is a recurrent subject in his reflexions and the documentary evidences the end of a cycle: Gethsemane is at the verge of a drastic change, Gustavo is a metaphor for the shift taking place in this neighborhood and a whole society. Time passes by and Gustavo is getting tired, his body is getting worn-out and the neighborhood is breaking up. "Chasing after the wind" is a contemplation of a shared impermanence, where Gethsemane's debris bears witness of the disintegration of a community, but also of a human being.

Details

  • Original title
    Persiguiendo al Dragón
  • Direction
  • DOP
    Juan Camilo Olmos Feris
  • Editing
    Iván Wild, Juan Camilo Olmos Feris
  • Music
    Julián Sarmiento, Luis Vengoechea, Camilo Sarmiento
  • Sound
    Julián Sarmiento, Keren Vargas, Gabriel Bocanegra
  • Duration
    60 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2014
  • Country
    • Colombia
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Production
  • Festivals
    • Jihlava IDFF
    • Guadalajara IFF
    • Fidocs
    • Black Movie IFF Geneva
    • Midbo Bogotá
    • Ficbaq
    • Panorama Cine Colombiano
  • Awards
    • Jihlava IDFF – Special Mention Opus Bonum Competition

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