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Birds of Passage

Pájaros de verano

2018

Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego

Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez ...

7.0

3,474

Drama "Birds of Passage" charts the origins of the Colombian drug trade, through the epic story of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion and honor collide, a fratricidal war breaks out that will put their lives, their culture and their ancestral traditions at stake.

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Superbly crafted (...) It intelligently explores how longstanding traditions can be gradually upended by drugs, money and outside influences."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A visually stunning and often surprising true story (...) South-of-the-border drug stories may be nothing new, but this one has something profound to share."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Another fascinating tone poem about Colombia’s fractured identity (...) It excels at tracking the gradual impact of crime across generations"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The experience made me think of some of my favorite movies (...) but it’s also like nothing I’ve ever seen before (...) The ease and charisma of the performers (...) heighten the emotional impact"	POS
United States	Godfrey Cheshire rogerebert.com	"[It] has the power and inevitability of classic tragedy. It could be Greek or Shakespearean, though it is palpably modern and Colombian (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"[It] is bold, brilliant — and a regional reinvention of the gangster movie (...) Three viewings in, I’m still flabbergasted by the scope and detail of this movie (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"This is an engrossing narco-thriller which deftly balances the storytelling tradition of the Wayuu with the genre conventions of the crime movie and the western."	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"This arid, windy area is home to the Wayúu people, and it is the deep sink in their traditions that makes this movie so compelling (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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