Sumas y restas

This film is situated in Medellín and is about narcotrafic. It is a thriller based on the life of a small-time Colombian drug dealer, known as “el traqueto”. He is character symbolic of the drug dealing and traffic in the eigthies, a time when the drug bosses had an inmense power and making life and death decisions over thousands of people. They used the famous killers (sicarios) for their murders.

Victor Gaviria

Il a étudié la psychologie à l’Université de Antioquia, il est poète. Il a réalisé des courts métrages. En 1986, il a fait son premier long métrage, Rodrigo D. En 1998, il a terminé La vendedora de rosas (La petite vendeuse de roses), considéré par la critique comme l’un des films les plus importants du cinéma contemporain. Sumas y restas, en post-production, a obtenu le prix Opera Mayor par le ministère de la culture colombien.

Original title
Sumas y restas
International title
Addictions and substractions
Direction
Victor Gaviria
Country
Colombie
Année
2004
Scenario
Victor Gaviria, Hugo Restrepo
Picture
Gertian Bartelsman, Rodrigo Lalinde
Cutting
Julio Peña
Music
Luis Fernando, Franco Duque
Actors
Juan Carlos Uribe M., Maria Isabel Gaviria L., Fredy York Monsalve, Fabio Restrepo, José Rincón, Ana María Naranja, Luis Menesesn Luis Upegui, David Ruiz, Francisco Frechoso
Spoken language
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Trailer
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