DAYS OF THE WHALE
[LOS DÍAS DE LA BALLENA]
Catalina Arroyave Restrepo's vibrant, kinetic debut takes place on the streets of Medellín, where Cristina (Laura Isabel Tobón Ochoa) and Simón (David Escallón), two young graffiti artists from very different worlds, fall in love against a backdrop of gang unrest and family drama. Committed members of a socially-minded art collective, the pair finds themselves in trouble after helping to produce a zine critiquing the extortionary practices of a local criminal gang. When the gang retaliates by defacing a wall at an old house that the collective uses as a refuge, Cristina and Simón decide to rebel by covering the threatening graffiti with a beautiful painting of a whale. This honest and exuberant coming-of-age tale paints a picture of youth as joyous as it is challenging. Winner, CherryPicks Female First Feature Award and Special Jury Mention, 2019 SXSW Film Festival; Official Selection, 2019 Buenos Aires and Cartagena film festivals. DIR/SCR Catalina Arroyave Restrepo; PROD Jaime Guerrero Naudin, Natalia Agudelo, Nicolás Herreño. Colombia, 2019, color, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, September 22, 2019
Genre: Drama, coming-of-age
