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Monos

What Critics Say

Original title: Monos
Year: 2019
Running time: 102 min.
Country: Colombia
Director: Alejandro Landes
Screenwriter: Alexis Dos Santos, Alejandro Landes (Story: Alejandro Landes)
Music: Mica Levi
Cinematography: Jasper Wolf
Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Moises Arias, Jorge Román, Sofia Buenaventura, Laura Castrillón, Sneider Castro
Producer: Co-production Colombia-Argentina-Uruguay-Netherlands-Germany-Sweden; Franja Nomo / El Campo Cine / Film I Väst / Le Pacte / Lemming Film / Mutante Cine / Pandora Film / Snowglobe Films
Genre: Drama | Abduction / Disappearance. Childhood
Synopsis / Plot: On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

Awards: 2019: Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize - Dramatic (World Cinema)

Critics' reviews

"Landes delivers a suspenseful encapsulation of alienated youth (...) 'Monos' speeds toward a riveting conclusion that leaves the fates of a few characters open-ended"

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"Even in this fictional context, the line between portraying and exploiting abused innocence gets uncomfortably, offensively blurred."

Keith Uhlich: The Hollywood Reporter
"Nicholson delivers a stunning performance (...) 'Monos' is a monumentally cinematic experience of lush wilderness and raw emotions."

Tomris Laffly: rogerebert.com
"Though 'Monos' feels very contemporary aesthetically, its subjects are timeless (...) It’s a philosophical film with very few words, examining its ideas through powerful images and feelings."

Joe Blessing: The Playlist
"The viscerality will surely leave one shaken, though they may question if the unceasing sadistic acts on display are worth the experience."

Jordan Raup: The Film Stage
"'Monos' never settles into one rhythm, keeping audiences on edge (...) This is a gripping, sometimes hypnotising film in which notions of good and evil are less clear-cut than the urgent desire to stay alive."

Tim Grierson: Screendaily
"A surreal and mesmerising Latin American take on 'Lord of the Flies' (...) There’s a bicep-flexing quality to Landes’s direction, with its bursts of colour and chaos (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Tim Robey: Telegraph
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