The Stillness Syndrome

Apr 17, 2021

0h 31m

★ 4.5

Overview

In 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves "Los Quietos" set out to make a film essay on a hypothetical syndrome of stillness in the Republic of Colombia. To this end, they invite Colombian documentary master Luis Ospina, presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez to give them clues to delve into the history, geography and idiosyncrasy of Colombia, a country that, paradoxically, has very little of stillness. For unknown reasons, the project remained unfinished.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Gusano Films

El Gesto

El Apartamento Films

Monógrafo Estudio

La Bocina

RARA Colectivo Audiovisual

The Stillness Syndrome Trailers

Cast

Self

Luis Ospina

Self

Juan Gabriel Vázquez

Self

Gustavo Petro

Self

Lina González

Self

Ovidio Lozano Montaña

Self

Pierre Herón

Self

María Consuelo Mor

Self

Luisa Sossa

Self

Carol Ann Figueroa

Self (Archive Footage)

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

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