Colombia in My Arms

Nov 30, 2022

1h 31m

★ 7.5

Overview

After 52 years of armed conflict the FARC guerrillas are about to hand over their arms in exchange for political participation and social inclusion of the poor. Ernesto is one of them. The much celebrated Colombian peace agreement throws Ernesto and the polarised society around him into chaos in which everyone is afraid of the future and their own survival.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Filmimaa

Les Films d'un Jour

Hansen & Pedersen

Medieoperatørene

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Cast

Self, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia guerrilla

Ernesto

Self, President of Colombia (archive footage)

Juan Manuel Santos

Self

Pacho

Self, Colombian senator (as Maria Fernanda)

María Fernanda Cabal

Self, FARC guerrilla

Tamarón

Self

Benjamin

Self, vice president of Colombia

Óscar Naranjo Trujillo

Self, United States Navy admiral

Kurt W. Tidd

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