I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS

YO VI TRES LUCES NEGRAS

By Santiago Lozano ÁLVAREZ

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Drama - Completed 2024

A wise old man embarks on his final journey, entering the Colombian jungle to find a place to die. But the illegal army groups who control the area endanger his peaceful transition to the realm of the dead.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2024
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • COLOMBIA, MEXICO, FRANCE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Santiago Lozano ÁLVAREZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Santiago Lozano ÁLVAREZ, Fernando DEL RAZO
    • Producer(s)
    • Ana María RUIZ NAVIA, Oscar RUIZ NAVIA
    • Synopsis
    • José de los Santos lives in a village on the Colombian Pacific Coast. As child, he learned the arts of mortuary rituals inherited from his ancestors, who were African former slaves. He accompanies the dead ones on their way to eternal rest. One day, the soul of his son Pium-Pium—who was violently murdered—announces his death to him, warning him that he must not die near his home, and above all, he must die in peace. José begins a journey through the jungle to find a place to die, defying the curfew imposed by the illegal armed groups that dispute the territory. He must survive the guns to avoid joining the souls in purgatory.