South Korea / Sep 10, 2021 / DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
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If there was an award for the most stylish opening scene, it would go to Álvaro Pulpeiro for ‘So Foul a Sky’. A road movie and a immersive report from a Venezuela on the verge of collapse. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic novel ‘Nostromo’, we are led into a twilight world where allegiances change among the travellers under the enormous dome of the sky. Pirates and pilgrims cross tracks, and oil is traded on the black market in the middle of nowhere. Crackling car radios relay an ideological battle of words. Has the oil cast a curse on Venezuela? The country is in the midst of the worst political and humanitarian crisis that South America has experienced in the 21st century. Instead of trying to explain the chaotic situation, Pulpeiro places us in the middle of it. A sensory and cinematic film, where the oil runs like thick, black blood through the arteries of the road network and connects us with some of the people who are trying to make life work beyond law and order.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Un cielo tan turbio |
| Original language | Español (ES) |
| Spoken languages | Español |
| Production countries | Colombia, Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Insight Film, CAMARALENTA – ESTRATA, CHEAT |
| Release date | 24 aprile 2021 |
| Executive producer | Laura C. Solano |
| Production | Merlyn González, Clive Patterson |
| Writer | Álvaro Pulpeiro |
| Editing | Martín Amezaga, Vlad Barin |
| Cinematography | Mauricio Reyes Serrano, Álvaro Pulpeiro, Cristian Contreras, Carlos Irigoyen |
| Assistant directors | Álvaro Pulpeiro |
| Camera operators | Mauricio Reyes Serrano, Álvaro Pulpeiro, Cristian Contreras, Carlos Irigoyen |
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| Additional photography | Álvaro Pulpeiro, Mauricio Reyes Serrano, Cristian Contreras, Carlos Irigoyen |
| Production design | Federico Scudeler |
| Art direction | Federico Scudeler |
| Set decoration | Federico Scudeler |
| Music | Sergio Zuluaga, Tomas Blazukas, Fernanda Kraide, Hans Fresen |
| Sound | Tomas Blazukas, Sergio Zuluaga, Fernanda Kraide, Hans Fresen |
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Denmark / Apr 24, 2021
Spain / Mar 25, 2022
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