The Ambassador of India (1986)
Taken from the volume of the thousand and one guffaws of Colombian humor...
장르 : 코미디
상영시간 : 1시간 25분
연출 : Mario Ribero Ferreira
각본 : Mario González
시놉시스
Jaime Flórez, a shrewd provincial, has a stroke of luck when he is treated as a king in a town that confuses him with an important international diplomat.
죠앤 와일러(Joan Wilder: 캐서린 터너 분)는 모험 소설의 베스트셀러 작가로 최고의 인기를 누리고 있다. 그때 콜럼비아의 언니인 엘레인(Elaine: 매리 엘렌 트레이너 분)이 갱들에게 납치되어 감금되어 있다는 전화가 온다. 그녀의 생명을 구하는 방법은 엘렌의 남편이 보낸 한장의 지도를 죠앤 자신이 직접 넘겨 주는 것뿐이다. 이 사건으로 엘렌의 남편은 살해되었었고, 죠앤은 갱들과 만나기로 한 카타레나행 버스를 타지만 그녀를 쫓는 악덕 정치가 조로(Zolo: 마누엘 오제다 분)에게 잡힌다. 그때 잭 콜론(Jack Colton: 마이클 더글러스 분)이 나타나 죠앤을 죠앤을 협박하는 조로에게서 구출해 준다. 죠앤은 전화가 있는 곳까지 데려다 주면 돈을 주겠다는 약속을 하며 잭에게 도움을 청한다. 험한 밀림을 헤치며 가는 그들의 뒤를 조로도 계속 추적해 간다. 전화가 있는 곳에 도착해 죠앤은 돈을 건네준다. 다음날 보물이 있는 장소에 간 그들은 콸프라는 악당에게 빼앗기고 폭포로 떨어져 헤어진다. 혼자된 죠앤은 마을에서 갱들에게 전화하여 지도를 넘기고 언니 엘렌을 만난다. 그때 조로가 나타나 진짜 보물을 내놓으라고 협박한다. 조로, 갱들, 잭과 죠앤의 삼파전이 전개된다.
A story as told by an aborted child who's now 14 years old, involving his mother, three teenagers (two twin brothers and their cousin) that make a love triangle, the twins' father and his new lover, a drug lord and his sidekicks, the drug lord's wife who doesn't know who's the father of her baby, a prostitute with bladder problems, a hit man (really a frustrated poet), and a huge missunderstanding
An amateur comedian who tries to make a name for himself doing Stand Up Comedy in several bars in Bogota, with no money and still living with his parents, pretends to be someone with money to meet his better half, without knowing that she also hides some secrets.
A young boy and his friends attempt to become invisible to get closer to the girls they desire. They must steal the magic recipe and its ingredients without getting caught to perform the ritual.
The whimsical and joyous parade of ridiculous events satirize the war that rages in Colombia right now and exposes the real spirit of those who inhabit such a beautiful country.
In a small Catholic village, the community stands against the local priest when the latter refuses to offer a funeral mass for a suicide victim. In reprisal, the priest denies the sacraments to the entire town, until the family of the deceased remove the body from the catholic graveyard.
When the Velezes agree to buy a used Chevrolet Bel-Air from their neighbors, who've recently won a brand-new car in a school raffle, they're thrilled about the prospect of leaving Bogotá's public transportation system behind. Little do they know that, despite its glossy red exterior, their newfound status symbol is a real lemon. Colombian director Luis Orjuela helms this hilarious look at the pitfalls of automobile ownership.
When a mayor running for re-election is caught on video smoking crack, he'll do whatever it takes to keep it out of the wrong hands.
The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La Estrella, will be involved in a series of incidents and jokes.
A black office comedy about a head of human resources who threatens to run away with his wife's best friend to escape the insanity around him.
천재 과학자 제로는 과거로 돌아갈 수 있는 장치를 발명한다. 사실 그가 이 장치를 발명한 이유는 대학교 때 짝사랑하는 헬레나에게 공개적으로 망신당했던 기억 때문이다. 씻을 수 없는 상처를 입은 후 평생을 씁쓸하고 냉소적으로 살아온 제로는 과거로 돌아가 20년 전 자신에게 그 순간을 피하라고 귀띔한다. 달라진 과거로 인해 자신의 미래가 어떻게 변화될 지 미처 예상하지 못한 채. (2014년 18회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
"I choose the window" tells common episodes of life: steps for rumbeo, test anecdotes, pre-puberty, life in the office, marriage, courtship, among other incidents. The particular name of his new work was put in honor of an anecdote: when he was 16 years old he belonged to a rock band called "I ask for the window"; Lopez said he was kicked out of the band and then decided to be a storyteller.
A man goes back in time to stop his girlfriend from ending the relationship before he can propose to her, but each time he returns, she ends up with a different excuse. He now he has to see how to change to be able to marry her.
Salvador is a peasant who one day wakes up as usual to work on his land but instead finds a pile of corpses in the middle of his crops. He runs to notify the authorities but is Sunday and Election Day so the dead ones end up being a nuisance that nobody wants to deal with.
A wealthy Columbian politician blinded by his own privilege is forced to walk a mile in the shoes of the people he despises most after falling victim to a violent attack and subsequently losing his memory. Miguel was a man of fine stock, a politician who has led a charmed life since the day he was born. But Miguel has no appreciation for his lot in life, and scoffs at the everyday people who must struggle just to survive. One day, after being assaulted on the street and left for dead, Miguel awakens with no memory of the past. He has forgotten his distain for the dumpster divers, petty thieves, and wandering transients who crowd the city streets, and now their warmth and solidarity is the only thing keeping him alive. As Miguel forges a friendship with a pious but promiscuous drag queen, the fragments of the past gradually become illuminated in his mind, prompting him on a desperate quest to reclaim his identity and atone for the sins of his past.