At 35, Ciro Guerra has entered the history of cinema in his country, Colombia, from its very good The embrace of the snake reached the Oscar nomination for best foreign language film spoken. It's about a shaman in the Amazon and two scientists over 40 years in the area seeking a sacred herb.
Guerra, who presented his film at the prestigious Directors' Fortnight in Cannes last May, is now in Bogota, where she attends the call of Bugler. "It was a great joy for the people here at home have excited much," concedes the director.
How many people saw in Colombia?
War was on Monday at the luncheon organized by the Academy Awards every year two weeks before the award ceremony, inviting all candidates. "The Academy also organized screenings , screenings, and wanted to be. And it premiered on 17 in the United States. I like international festivals are spaces where people who love cinema enthuses. And it must be there. A film as we do, Latin American, if not known, not get to see. Contacts open and the possibility of further work remains. "
Own a close relationship with Argentina. Your film was made in co-production with Spain.
The filmed in 35 mm, black and white, and post-production work we did in Cinecolor was extraordinary. There love cinema. It is that the Argentine cinema has a tradition, and a pure craft of cinema. We have a lot of knowledge to be learned.
Why did you choose the theme of Aboriginal and Amazon?
Because it's a place that had fascinated me, and it's a mystery gram for Colombians. We do not know practically. He was coming off two very personal films (speaking of Shadow Walker and The travel time ), own experiences, and wanted to make a journey into the unknown, inviting the viewer. Amazon is a dream for me. I knew nothing, I began to investigate and inquire daily browsers. It was virtually unexplored territory. It is a film about knowledge, your search their limits.
Does the shoot was the hardest part?
Do not believe it. For me it was writing the script, because the investigation was very demanding. I should leave behind preconceptions about what was the narrative, the linearity of the stories and the Amazonian myth, so that the film build a bridge between them. When you get to the Amazon for the first time it is very disorienting. It was physically very laborious emotional, demanding the collaboration of indigenous level.
How long before rolling've traveled the Amazon?
For different locations, for two years.
How did you decide on the choice of actors?
Indigenous originate, are not actors, they had no formació, so it was a process of internment and engage them what it was the plot. I thought it would be much harder, but have a very large facility: the fact that they have a strong oral tradition, then they have great ability to listen. You know, it's not easy to find qus epan actors really listen. And for them storytelling it is very important.
And foreign performers?
It was easier than I thought too. Foreigners accepted the challenge, learned the language phonetically, with much rigor.
And to keep changing, Cyrus has a new project, which takes eighteen months. "My idea is to shoot in the desert of La Guajira, in northern Colombia. It is completely different, a black film genre. a western desert. "
Who competes against
Ciro Guerra's film, co-produced by Spain, which represents Colombia in the race for the Oscar for best foreign language film spoken has four competing weight. The wide favorite in the area is Saul's son , Laszlo Nemes, Hungarian production. It is also nominated A War, The Other War , the Danish Tobias Lindholm, who was in Venice: both are released here on Thursday, Mustang , the Franco-Turkish Deniz Gamze Ergüven, representing France, and released among us; andTheeb , Naji Abu Nowar (Jordan), who lost to wild stories a week ago at the BAFTA awards.
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