The First Night

Nov 12, 2003

1h 34m

★ 7.0

Overview

A couple of farmers have been displaced from their land, a jungle area, isolated from the world, where lived his childhood and youth, and was brutally thrown to face the streets of an unfamiliar city, huge and ruthless.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Congo Films

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Cast

Paulina

Carolina Lizarazo

Toño

Jhon Álex Toro

El Indio

Hernán Méndez

Sergeant Castellanos

Enrique Carriazo

Wilson

Julián Román

Prostituta

Jennifer Steffens

Ana María Sánchez

Diego Vásquez

José Ortiz

Alfonso Ortiz

Andrea Castaño

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