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Birds of Passage

Birds of Passage

Generations of tradition. Consumed by greed.

20187.32h 5m

Overview

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

Directed by Ciro Guerra
Written by María Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde
Produced by Jamal Zeinal Zade, Katrin Pors, Eva Jakobsen
Box Office0Revenue: $2.5M

Top Cast

José Acosta

José Acosta

Rapayet

C

Carmiña Martínez

Úrsula

Natalia Reyes

Natalia Reyes

Zaida

G

Greider Meza

Leonídas

J

José Vicente

Peregrino

J

Juan Bautista Martínez

Aníbal

Jhon Narváez

Jhon Narváez

Moisés

M

Miguel Viera

The Pupil

S

Sergio Coen

Singing Shepherd

A

Aslenis Márquez

Indira

Themes & Keywords

superstitionindigenous1970srevengemurdermarijuanadrug tradesouth americadowrywoman director1980s1960scolombianwayuu

About Birds of Passage

Birds of Passage is a drama, crime film released in 2018 exploring themes of superstition, indigenous, 1970s, revenge, murder, marijuana. Directed by Ciro Guerra, it stars José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Natalia Reyes. During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

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