Luis Ospina

Luis Ospina

Luis Ospina (14 June 1949 – 27 September 2019) was a Colombian film director. He is one of the founders of Caliwood film movement along with Carlos Mayolo and Andrés Caicedo.

  • Title: Luis Ospina
  • Popularity: 1.629
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1949-06-14
  • Place of Birth: Cali, Colombia
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Luis Ospina Movies

  • 1983
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    Bloody Flesh

    Bloody Flesh

    6.6 1983 HD

    August 6, 1956 during the military dictatorship of Rojas Pinilla. A military convoy loaded with dynamite explodes in the center of Cali, destroying a...

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  • 2021
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    The Stillness Syndrome

    The Stillness Syndrome

    4.5 2021 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    The Manor of Araucaima

    The Manor of Araucaima

    6.3 1986 HD

    In an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent pilot, the Haitian servant, the mercenary guardian and...

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  • 1993
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    Our Film

    Our Film

    9 1993 HD

    Faced with his imminent death from AIDS, Colombian artist Lorenzo Jaramillo looks back on his life and work through the five senses.

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  • 2024
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    Ospina Cali Colombia

    Ospina Cali Colombia

    1 2024 HD

    An encounter, in Lisbon, with Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina (1949- 2019). He talks about the troubled modern history of Colombia, while remembering...

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  • 1985
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    In Search of Maria

    In Search of Maria

    7 1985 HD

    Based on the only four surviving shots of the first Colombian silent film, MARÍA (1921), by directors Máximo Calvo (Colombia) and...

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  • 1971
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    Self-Portrait (Asleep)

    Self-Portrait (Asleep)

    1 1971 HD

    Experimental film inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Sleep'.

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  • 2015
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    It All Started at the End

    It All Started at the End

    7.8 2015 HD

    An intimate portrait of the pioneering artistic collective Grupo de Cali, whose work is now considered a fundamental part of Colombia’s film...

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  • 2019
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    Holy Beasts

    Holy Beasts

    4.6 2019 HD

    Remembers an artist in the form of a somnambulistic fantasy: A filmmaker faces increasing challenges as she tries, decades later, to complete...

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  • 2019
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    Jairo’s Revenge

    Jairo’s Revenge

    1 2019 HD

    Jairo José Pinilla Téllez is the pioneer of suspense and science fiction in Colombian film. Pinilla was the first to use special...

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  • 2003
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    Video (B)art(h)es

    Video (B)art(h)es

    2 2003 HD

    Split screen experimental film.

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  • 2020
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    A Ballad for Dead Children

    A Ballad for Dead Children

    8 2020 HD

    'A Ballad for dead children' is a tribute to Andrés Caicedo and Cali and it's group, as the seed of a cinematographic phenomenon, but it goes...

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  • 1991
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    At Your Head

    At Your Head

    1 1991 HD

    Hairdressers in Cali discuss life, work, dreams, beauty, fashion, and homosexuality. The filmmaker is having a haircut too. Second installment of the...

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  • 1991
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    At Your Feet

    At Your Feet

    1 1991 HD

    A film about shoeshiners in the streets of Cali. A pure piece of direct cinema in the first installment of the crafts trilogy.

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  • 2007
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    De la ilusión al desconcierto: Cine colombiano 1970-1995

    De la ilusión al desconcierto: Cine colombiano 1970-1995

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Manor of Araucaima

    The Manor of Araucaima

    6.3 1986 HD

    In an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent pilot, the Haitian servant, the mercenary guardian and...

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  • 1999
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    Breath of Life

    Breath of Life

    6 1999 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Vampires of Poverty

    The Vampires of Poverty

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a...

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  • 1978
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    The Vampires of Poverty

    The Vampires of Poverty

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a...

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  • 1982
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    Pure Blood

    Pure Blood

    6.7 1982 HD

    Roberto Hurtado suffers from a rare disease that requires massive transfusions of blood from children or adolescents. His son blackmails three...

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  • 2008
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    A Paper Tiger

    A Paper Tiger

    6.5 2008 HD

    The life of Pedro Manrique Figueroa, a pioneer of collage in Colombia, is both incomplete and contradictory. Taking his life and work as a pretext,...

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  • 1978
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    The Vampires of Poverty

    The Vampires of Poverty

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a...

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  • 2021
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    The Eye of the Tourist: XIII Easy Pieces

    The Eye of the Tourist: XIII Easy Pieces

    5 2021 HD

    Between 2014 and 2017, Luis Ospina and Lina González made a series of travels through some Asian countries; perhaps the antipodes of their symbolic...

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  • 1993
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    Our Film

    Our Film

    9 1993 HD

    Faced with his imminent death from AIDS, Colombian artist Lorenzo Jaramillo looks back on his life and work through the five senses.

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Our Film

    Our Film

    9 1993 HD

    Faced with his imminent death from AIDS, Colombian artist Lorenzo Jaramillo looks back on his life and work through the five senses.

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  • 1985
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    In Search of Maria

    In Search of Maria

    7 1985 HD

    Based on the only four surviving shots of the first Colombian silent film, MARÍA (1921), by directors Máximo Calvo (Colombia) and...

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  • 2015
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    It All Started at the End

    It All Started at the End

    7.8 2015 HD

    An intimate portrait of the pioneering artistic collective Grupo de Cali, whose work is now considered a fundamental part of Colombia’s film...

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  • 1994
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    Chapter 66

    Chapter 66

    5.5 1994 HD

    A wild short made as part of a filmmaking workshop that Raúl Ruiz ran in Bogotá in October 1993.

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  • 2023
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    Silent Witnesses

    Silent Witnesses

    10 2023 HD

    Mudos testigos is a cinematographic collage made from all the surviving material of Colombian silent films, re-editing the images in such a way as to...

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  • 1973
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    Cali: de Película

    Cali: de Película

    8.3 1973 HD

    A 13 minute glimpse of the Feria de Cali celebrated between Christmas and New Year… A carnival of commodity fetishism, red devils and white...

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  • 2003
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    The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo

    The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo

    7 2003 HD

    Freely expressing his loves and hates, controversial Colombian and openly gay writer Fernando Vallejo (living in Mexico) breaks with an ingrained...

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  • 2015
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    Hay Que Ser Paciente

    Hay Que Ser Paciente

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Hay Que Ser Paciente

    Hay Que Ser Paciente

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1986
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    Andrés Caicedo: A Few Good Friends

    Andrés Caicedo: A Few Good Friends

    7 1986 HD

    Using the unfinished film, ANGELITA Y MIGUEL ÁNGEL, by Andrés Caicedo and Carlos Mayolo, as a structuring device, friends of prolific...

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  • 1986
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    Andrés Caicedo: A Few Good Friends

    Andrés Caicedo: A Few Good Friends

    7 1986 HD

    Using the unfinished film, ANGELITA Y MIGUEL ÁNGEL, by Andrés Caicedo and Carlos Mayolo, as a structuring device, friends of prolific...

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  • 1970
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    Act of Faith

    Act of Faith

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    Self-Portrait (Asleep)

    Self-Portrait (Asleep)

    1 1971 HD

    Experimental film inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Sleep'.

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  • 1972
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    The Bombing of Washington

    The Bombing of Washington

    1 1972 HD

    Satirical short comprising wartime footage, purporting to be from the Soviet Film Agency and depicting a successful bomb strike on Washington.

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  • 1987
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    Eye and Sight: Artist's Life in Danger

    Eye and Sight: Artist's Life in Danger

    10 1987 HD

    Ten years after "Agarrando Pueblo", a reunion with one of its protagonists, a street fakir still doing the same show. After watching the film, he...

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  • 1991
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    At Your Service

    At Your Service

    1 1991 HD

    The taxi drivers of Cali, both those working the day shift and those working the night shift, talk about work, customers, and violence, revealing...

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  • 1991
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    At Your Service

    At Your Service

    1 1991 HD

    The taxi drivers of Cali, both those working the day shift and those working the night shift, talk about work, customers, and violence, revealing...

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  • 1991
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    Cámara Ardiente

    Cámara Ardiente

    1 1991 HD

    Video-survey with fixed camera about the Cali people. They are asked about different topics: happiness, money, innocence, love...

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  • 1991
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    Cámara Ardiente

    Cámara Ardiente

    1 1991 HD

    Video-survey with fixed camera about the Cali people. They are asked about different topics: happiness, money, innocence, love...

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  • 1991
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    Cámara Ardiente

    Cámara Ardiente

    1 1991 HD

    Video-survey with fixed camera about the Cali people. They are asked about different topics: happiness, money, innocence, love...

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  • 1991
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    Cámara Ardiente

    Cámara Ardiente

    1 1991 HD

    Video-survey with fixed camera about the Cali people. They are asked about different topics: happiness, money, innocence, love...

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  • 1991
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    Cámara Ardiente

    Cámara Ardiente

    1 1991 HD

    Video-survey with fixed camera about the Cali people. They are asked about different topics: happiness, money, innocence, love...

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  • 2023
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    Silent Witnesses

    Silent Witnesses

    10 2023 HD

    Mudos testigos is a cinematographic collage made from all the surviving material of Colombian silent films, re-editing the images in such a way as to...

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  • 2015
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    It All Started at the End

    It All Started at the End

    7.8 2015 HD

    An intimate portrait of the pioneering artistic collective Grupo de Cali, whose work is now considered a fundamental part of Colombia’s film...

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  • 1987
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    Antonio María Valencia: Music on Camera

    Antonio María Valencia: Music on Camera

    1 1987 HD

    Portrait of the Colombian composer and pianist, one of his country’s most important classical musicians in the twentieth century.

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  • 1975
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    Asunción

    Asunción

    6.5 1975 HD

    The vengeance of a housemaid against the family that hired her.

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  • 1975
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    Asunción

    Asunción

    6.5 1975 HD

    The vengeance of a housemaid against the family that hired her.

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  • 1975
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    Asunción

    Asunción

    6.5 1975 HD

    The vengeance of a housemaid against the family that hired her.

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  • 1971
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    Self-Portrait (Asleep)

    Self-Portrait (Asleep)

    1 1971 HD

    Experimental film inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Sleep'.

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  • 1972
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    Listen, look!

    Listen, look!

    7 1972 HD

    Documentary about the effects of the VI Panamerican Games in the city of Cali, seen from the point of view of the people that couldn't get into the...

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  • 1972
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    Listen, look!

    Listen, look!

    7 1972 HD

    Documentary about the effects of the VI Panamerican Games in the city of Cali, seen from the point of view of the people that couldn't get into the...

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  • 1970
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    Act of Faith

    Act of Faith

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1995
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    Cali: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    Cali: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    1 1995 HD

    Documentary on Cali in Colombia

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  • 2003
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    Video (B)art(h)es

    Video (B)art(h)es

    2 2003 HD

    Split screen experimental film.

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    The Vampires of Poverty

    The Vampires of Poverty

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    The Vampires of Poverty

    The Vampires of Poverty

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a...

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  • 2008
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    A Paper Tiger

    A Paper Tiger

    6.5 2008 HD

    The life of Pedro Manrique Figueroa, a pioneer of collage in Colombia, is both incomplete and contradictory. Taking his life and work as a pretext,...

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    A Paper Tiger

    A Paper Tiger

    6.5 2008 HD

    The life of Pedro Manrique Figueroa, a pioneer of collage in Colombia, is both incomplete and contradictory. Taking his life and work as a pretext,...

    img
  • 2008
    imgMovies

    A Paper Tiger

    A Paper Tiger

    6.5 2008 HD

    The life of Pedro Manrique Figueroa, a pioneer of collage in Colombia, is both incomplete and contradictory. Taking his life and work as a pretext,...

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  • 2015
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    It All Started at the End

    It All Started at the End

    7.8 2015 HD

    An intimate portrait of the pioneering artistic collective Grupo de Cali, whose work is now considered a fundamental part of Colombia’s film...

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  • 1983
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    Bloody Flesh

    Bloody Flesh

    6.6 1983 HD

    August 6, 1956 during the military dictatorship of Rojas Pinilla. A military convoy loaded with dynamite explodes in the center of Cali, destroying a...

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    It All Started at the End

    It All Started at the End

    7.8 2015 HD

    An intimate portrait of the pioneering artistic collective Grupo de Cali, whose work is now considered a fundamental part of Colombia’s film...

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  • 1982
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    Pure Blood

    Pure Blood

    6.7 1982 HD

    Roberto Hurtado suffers from a rare disease that requires massive transfusions of blood from children or adolescents. His son blackmails three...

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  • 1982
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    Pure Blood

    Pure Blood

    6.7 1982 HD

    Roberto Hurtado suffers from a rare disease that requires massive transfusions of blood from children or adolescents. His son blackmails three...

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  • 1982
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    Pure Blood

    Pure Blood

    6.7 1982 HD

    Roberto Hurtado suffers from a rare disease that requires massive transfusions of blood from children or adolescents. His son blackmails three...

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  • 1999
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    Breath of Life

    Breath of Life

    6 1999 HD

    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...

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  • 1999
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    Breath of Life

    Breath of Life

    6 1999 HD

    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...

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  • 2014
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    Caminar es bueno para la Salud

    Caminar es bueno para la Salud

    1 2014 HD

    For lina Gonzalez Vergara.

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  • 1990
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    Goodbye to Cali

    Goodbye to Cali

    1 1990 HD

    This two-part documentary series made for regional television captures a crucial moment in Cali and Ospina's relationship with its city: a crossroads...

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  • 1990
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    Goodbye to Cali

    Goodbye to Cali

    1 1990 HD

    This two-part documentary series made for regional television captures a crucial moment in Cali and Ospina's relationship with its city: a crossroads...

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