The Towrope(La Sirga)
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Colombia, France, Mexico · 2012
1h 28m
Director William Vega
Starring Joghis Seudin Arias, Julio César Roble, Floralba Achicanoy, Heraldo Romero
Genre Drama
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In this poetic, richly allegorical debut by Colombian director William Vega, a teenage girl flees to a rundown inn after being driven from her home in the Andean highlands by civil war, as the violence engulfing the country creeps ever closer to her remote refuge. (TIFF)
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