Director: Rafael Lara
Screenplay: Rafael Lara
Cinematography: Mauricio Vidal
Editors: Rafael Lara, John Casas
Cast: Antonio Merlano, Guillermo Iván, Mónica Gómez

In 1999, an upper-class young man from Bogotá is kidnapped by a guerrilla group. His life is radically transformed as he tries to live in captivity in the midst of a violent armed conflict involving the regular army, the guerrillas and paramilitary groups. His vision of reality and the country is turned upside down, while he struggles to keep his sanity… and his life. The film is a raw, gripping account of the brutality experienced by Colombian kidnap victims: inhumane conditions, the dangers of the jungle, paramilitary warfare, the unconscionable use of children by armed groups, and the underlying class issues.

En 1999, un joven bogotano perteneciente a la oligarquía colombiana es secuestrado por un grupo guerrillero. A partir de entonces, su vida se transforma radicalmente por el viacrucis de sobrevivir al cautiverio en medio de un violento conflicto armado en el que participan el ejército regular, los guerrilleros y los paramilitares. Su visión de realidad y país se trastocan a fondo, mientras lucha por no perder la cordura mental… y la vida misma. Sustentada en una minuciosa investigación, La Milagrosa reconstruye el día a día de una persona privada de la libertad en la selva colombiana, al tiempo que presenta un análisis de la realidad del conflicto colombiano.

Rafael Lara was born in 1972 in Mexico City, but grew up in Guadalajara. He studied communications at Mexico’s Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente and film at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba. La Milagrosa is his first film and was presented at the Los Angeles, Chicago and New York Latin Film Festivals.

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