Alias Maria
2015 film
- 3 April 2015 (2015-04-03)
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Alias Maria (Spanish: 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.
Cast
- Carlos Clavijo as Mauricio
- Anderson Gomez as Byron
- Carmenza González as Doctor's Wife
- Lola Lagos as Diana
- Julio Pachón as Doctor
- Erik Ruiz as Yuldor
- Karen Torres as Maria
- Fabio Velazco as The Commander
See also
- List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Ale Kino! Official Homepage
- ^ Mango, Agustin (12 September 2016). "Oscars: Colombia Selects 'Alias Maria' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
External links
- Alias Maria at IMDb
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Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- The Latin Immigrant (1980)
- A Man of Principle (1984)
- A Time to Die (1986)
- Confessing to Laura (1991)
- The Strategy of the Snail (1994)
- Oedipus Mayor (1996)
- The Debt (1997)
- The Rose Seller (1998)
- Time Out (1999)
- Our Lady of the Assassins (2001)
- The Invisible Children (2002)
- La Primera Noche (2003)
- El Rey (2004)
- Wandering Shadows (2005)
- A Ton of Luck (2006)
- Satanás (2007)
- Dog Eat Dog (2008)
- The Wind Journeys (2009)
- Crab Trap (2010)
- The Colors of the Mountain (2011)
- The Snitch Cartel (2012)
- La Playa DC (2013)
- Mateo (2014)
- Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
- Alias Maria (2016)
- Guilty Men (2017)
- Birds of Passage (2018)
- Monos (2019)
- Forgotten We'll Be (2020)
- Memoria (2021)
- The Kings of the World (2022)
- A Male (2023)
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