Satanás (2007)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Andrés Baiz

Writers:

Andrés Baiz (writer)
Mario Mendoza (novel)

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (Colombia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Based on the Mario Mendoza's book and inspired by true events, tells three interconnected stories happening in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Damián Alcázar	...	Eliseo
Patricia Castañeda	...	Valeria
Carolina Gaitan	...	Amiga de Natalia
Marcela Gallego	...	Mamá de Natalia
Isabel Gaona	...	Irene
Álvaro García	...	Tendero
Héctor García	...	Taxista
Martina García	...	Natalia
Javier Gardeazábal	...	Esteban, novio de Natalia
Teresa Gutiérrez	...	Blanca
Vicky Hernández	...	Doña Beatriz
Blas Jaramillo	...	Padre Ernesto
Marcela Mar	...	Paola
Hernán Méndez	...	Mario
Andrés Parra	...	Pablo
Fabio Restrepo	...	Compinche taxista
María Cecilia Sánchez
Marcela Valencia	...	Alicia
Diego Vásquez	...	Alberto

Also Known As:

Satan (International: English title) (informal literal title)

Country:

Colombia | Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R | Australia:R (2008)

Company:

Proyecto Tucan

Trivia:

The film is set in the present time, although the real events that inspired it and the book happened in late 1986.

Satanás insults my intelligence and my artistic taste, and my desire to be at awe in front of a work of art.

As a Colombian proud of my country, I find it depressing and pathetic that most Colombian films have nothing to show but the most horrible human atrocities without any artistic purpose to back them up. Both the author of the book, on which the movie is based, and the director, demonstrate their absolute inability to reach the public without using morbid and sickening situations where human compassion or any redeeming qualities are completely inexistent. On top of the fact that the book is based on a horrifying real story that took place in Bogotá 21 years ago, the author adds upsetting characters and situations (including one of the most horrible rape scenes I have ever seen, children murdered by their own mother, child molestation, kidnapping, robbing, prostitution, street and domestic violence, etc, etc, etc.) that are made up and not connected to the real story, and fulfill no artistic purpose. The director does not use one of the most interesting qualities of cinematography, which is its capacity to "suggest" ideas or emotions, without having to show "literally" every single detail of those horrible situations. There is no artistic complexity in this film and the connections between the characters are absolutely arbitrary. I am no baby for violent or grotesque films in fact I admire and respect many movies that are very violent (say Pulp Fiction for example) because there is more to it than just the crude situations. Satanás insults my intelligence and my artistic taste, and my desire to be at awe in front of a work of art.