ALIAS MARIA

By José Luis RUGELES GRACIA

FILMARTI FILM - as DISTR

Second film - Completed 2015

A vision of Colombia’s inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young – and pregnant – girl soldier.

Festivals
& Awards

FICCI Cartagena 2015
Opening Film
Festival de Cannes 2015
Un Certain Regard
Munich 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Second film, Drama
    • Countries
    • COLOMBIA, ARGENTINA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • José Luis RUGELES GRACIA
    • Writer(s)
    • Diego VIVANCO
    • Producer(s)
    • Federico DURÁN (Rhayuela Cine ), José Luis RUGELES GRACIA (Rhayuela Cine), Ignacio REY (Sudestada Cine ), Gastón ROTHSCHILD (Sudestada Cine ), Gilles DUFFAUT (Axxon Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Maria, a 13-year-old guerrilla soldier, has to fulfill a mission along with 3 other soldier-kids: take the commander’s new-born baby to a safe town.
      But nobody knows the secret she conceals: she’s pregnant and giving birth is forbidden in the guerrilla. During the mission her secret is discovered so Maria runs away to avoid being forced to abort.
      Through Maria’s eyes we’ll picture the desolate state of Colombia’s armed conflict: towns devastated by massacres, peasants trapped in the cross-fire, parents who’ve lost their families and kids who try to carry a normal childhood.
      Thanks to the instinct that has born inside her, Maria will find strength to look for a new life.