The Stillness Syndrome (2021)
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 of Colombia. To this end, they invite Colombian documentary master Luis Ospina, presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez to give them clues to delve into the history, geography and idiosyncrasy of Colombia, a country that, paradoxically, has very little of stillness. For unknown reasons, the project remained unfinished.
Director: Elías León Siminiani
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Luis Ospina as Self |
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Juan Gabriel Vázquez as Self |
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Gustavo Petro as Self |
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Lina González as Self |
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Ovidio Lozano Montaña as Self |
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Pierre Herón as Self |
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María Consuelo Mor as Self |
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Luisa Sossa as Self |
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Carol Ann Figueroa as Self |
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as Self (Archive Footage) |
| Directing | Elías León Siminiani | Director |
| Writing | Jorge Caballero Ramos | Writer |
| Editing | Miguel A. Trudu | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Fernando Marcilla | Animation Director |
| Production | Jorge Caballero Ramos | Producer |
| Writing | Elías León Siminiani | Writer |
| Editing | Emilio Sacco | Colorist |
| Sound | Tariq Burney | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Fernando Marcilla | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Miguel A. Trudu | Writer |
| Sound | Tariq Burney | Sound Designer |
| Camera | David Correa Franco | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alejandro Molano | Sound |