Rolling Stone
Three viewings in, I'm still flabbergasted by the scope and detail of this movie ... and in awe of the way its unique cover version of a crime-doesn't-pay story totally pays off.
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Birds of Passage (Pájaros de Verano)
Spanish crime drama about an indigenous Colombian family who end up in a dangerous battle for business and control during the marijuana bonanza - a hostile decade that kickstarted drug trafficking in Colombia.
2018Rating: M, Violence, offensive language & sex scenes125 minsColombia, DenmarkSpanish with English subtitles
DramaWorld CinemaFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Cristina Gallego (feature debut)Ciro Guerra ('Embrace of the Serpent', 'The Wind Journeys', 'Wandering Shadows')
- Writer:
- Maria Camila AriasJacques Toulemonde Vidal
- Cast:
- Natalia ReyesCarmiña MartínezJhon NarváezGreider MezaJosé AcostaJosé Vicente
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de Verano) | Reviews
The Guardian
While certain genre tendencies prevent the narrative from truly unmooring, hardly a scene goes by without something fundamentally familiar being rendered in a unique fashion.
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Screen Daily
A gripping saga which traces the birth of the narcotrafficking industry which gutted Colombian society, the follow up to Embrace Of The Serpent brings a fresh perspective, rejecting the overly familiar tropes of gangster movie.
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Los Angeles Times
You feel for these fathers, mothers and children as they endure their mythic rise and fall, but the ruthless, eternal cycle of violence begetting violence leaves no room for sentimentality.
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Hollywood Reporter
Intelligently and assuredly explores how longstanding traditions can be gradually upended by drugs, money and outside influences.
Full reviewBirds of Passage (Pájaros de Verano) | Release Details
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de Verano) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.