Alias Maria | |
Director: | José Luis Rugeles Gracia |
Producer: | Federico Durán |
Starring: | Karen Torres Carlos Clavijo Erick Ruiz Anderson Gómez |
Music: | Camilo Sanabria |
Cinematography: | Sergio Iván Castaño |
Editing: | Delfina Castagnino |
Runtime: | 91 minutes |
Country: | Colombia |
Language: | Spanish |
Alias Maria (Spanish; Castilian: '''Alias María''') is a 2015 Colombian drama film directed by José Luis Rugeles Gracia. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[1] [2] It received the Golden Goats Award for the Best Feature Movie for the Young People at the 2016 Ale Kino! Festival.[3] It was also selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but was not nominated.[4]
The 13 year old Maria is a member of a guerrilla unit in Colombia. She is sent for a special mission together with three others to bring the commander's child into safety. Meanwhile, she is pregnant herself.