Los Colores de la Montaña

The Colors of the Mountain was playing last night at the cinema. Click the green text to see the trailer, which thoroughly summarizes the film. For anyone with a limited understanding of Colombia that is based on news reports primarily from the 1990's, this Indie film would validate the mistaken assumption that this country is engulfed in guerrilla warfare. Although that assumption would be incorrect, this movie is a sad if humorous look at how the paramilitary continues to victimize rural areas.

This showing featured Spanish without subtitles. Since that makes for an inherently tiring experience, gladly the film was just over 90 minutes. It helped that my friend Paola was there to help translate a few times for me, but overall the film was clear-cut enough that I understood the plot and subplot from nonverbal cues. 


After the film we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the brighter sides of Bogota: the great restaurants. I had strawberry juice, veal with cheese and mushrooms, and fusilli with Spanish olives and freshly grated parmesan. Dessert was a nice lime mousse!

As a side note, since Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow in Chicago, the time of day will once again match Bogota.