Director: Ciro Guerra
Producers: Cristina Gallego, Diana Bustamante
Screenplay: Ciro Guerra
Cinematographer: Paulo Andres Perez
Editor: Ivan Wild
Music: Ivan Ocampo
Principal Cast: Marciano Martinez, Yull Nunez, Rosendo Romero, Beto Rada

For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo travelled the villages of northern Colombia playing traditional songs on his accordion - a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving the nomadic life behind. But after the traumatic death of his wife, he vows never to play the accursed accordion again, and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its rightful owner. On the way, Ignacio is followed by Fermín, a spirited teenager determined to become his apprentice. Tired of loneliness, Ignacio accepts the young man as his pupil and together they traverse the vast Colombian terrain, discovering the musical diversity of Caribbean culture. Hardened by a life of solitude, Ignacio tries to discourage Fermín from following in his footsteps, but destiny has different plans for them.

 

Ignacio Carrillo, un juglar que durante años recorrió pueblos y regiones llevando cantos con su acordeón, toma la decisión de hacer un último viaje, a través de toda la región norte de Colombia, para devolverle el instrumento a su anciano maestro, y así nunca más volver a tocar. En el camino, encuentra a Fermín, un joven cuya ilusión en la vida es seguir sus pasos y ser como él. Cansado de la soledad, Ignacio acepta ser acompañado, y juntos emprenden el recorrido desde Majagual, Sucre, hasta Taroa, más allá del Desierto de la Guajira, encontrándose con la enorme diversidad de la cultura caribe y viviendo todo tipo de aventuras y encuentros. Ignacio tratará de enseñar a Fermín un camino diferente al suyo, que tanta soledad y tristeza le trajo, pero para ello tendrá que enfrentarse con el llamado de su propio destino, que tiene preparadas distintas suertes para él y su alumno.

 

Awards

YEAR	FESTIVAL	AWARD
2009	Bogota Film Festival	Golden Precolumbian Circle
2009	Cannes Film Festival	Award of the City of Rome
2009	Cartagena Film Festival	Golden India Catalina
2009	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Best Spanish Language Film

Ciro Guerra was born in Rio de Oro, Colombia in 1981 and studied Film and Television at the National University of Colombia. At the age of 20, after directing four multi-award winning short films, he wrote, produced and directed La Sombra del Caminante (The Wandering Shadows), his feature directorial debut, which won awards at the San Sebastian, Toulouse, Mar del Plata, Trieste, Havana, Quito, Cartagena, Santiago and Warsaw Film Festivals. He was selected for 32 more, including Tribeca, Seoul, Pesaro, Seattle, Hamburg, Kolkata, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Guadalajara, and Troia, earning him worldwide acclaim. Los Viajes del Viento is Guerra’s second feature length-film, which won best film at the Bogota and Cartagena Film Festivals, and it was the first Colombian film in eleven years in the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

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