Breath of Life

Oct 11, 1999

★ 6.0

Overview

It begins with the tragedy of Armero, during the course investigates the murder of a beautiful woman and on his way some people die in the end a killing and a cemetery. Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of "Golondrina", a beautiful young woman, occurred in a seedy hotel in downtown Bogota. Without knowing who it is, begins to understand their relationships with a motley gallery of men: a corrupt politician, connected to drug trafficking and paramilitary groups, a bullfighter cunning and good for nothing, a boxer fallen on hard times with a force so stupid as rare Lotero intellect and an insightful blind. And in the midst of this, the dark threads entangling power to everyone, and especially the poor Fierro.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Centro Nacional de Cinematografia

Direccion de Cinematografia del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia

EGM Producciones

Fonds Sud Cinéma

Hangar Films

Mille et une productions

Origen TV

Mondo Films

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Cast

Emerson Roque Fierro, the detective

Fernando Solórzano “El Flaco”

Golondrina / Pilar, the dead woman

Flora Martínez

Jacinto, the transvestite

Robinson Díaz

Irene de Domingo, the mysterious woman

Constanza Duque

Magician, the blind man

César Mora

John Jairo Estupiñán, the police officer

Álvaro Rodríguez

Medardo Ariza, the politician

Alvaro Ruíz

Óscar 'Hammer' López, the boxer

Edgardo Román

José Luis Domingo, the bullfighter

Juan Pablo Franco

Hugo Mora Sastoque, the taxi driver

César Badillo

Fat guy

Jaime Iván Paeres

Arley

Frank Beltrán

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