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.
- 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
Reviews & comments
Controlling the means of production
The Guajira Peninsula sticks out into the Caribbean Sea on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. It varies from dry desert-like conditions in the north to humid jungles in the south. Cannabis grows quite well in the jungle. It is the home of the Wayuu people. Birds of Passage is a story covering 20 years from the 1960s to 1980s of how a young man...
Rolling Stone
pressThree 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.
The Guardian
pressWhile certain genre tendencies prevent the narrative from truly unmooring, hardly a scene goes by without something fundamentally familiar being rendered in a unique fashion.
Screen Daily
pressA 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.
Los Angeles Times
pressYou 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.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIntelligently and assuredly explores how longstanding traditions can be gradually upended by drugs, money and outside influences.
Rolling Stone
pressThree 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.
The Guardian
pressWhile certain genre tendencies prevent the narrative from truly unmooring, hardly a scene goes by without something fundamentally familiar being rendered in a unique fashion.
Screen Daily
pressA 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.
Los Angeles Times
pressYou 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.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIntelligently and assuredly explores how longstanding traditions can be gradually upended by drugs, money and outside influences.
Controlling the means of production
The Guajira Peninsula sticks out into the Caribbean Sea on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. It varies from dry desert-like conditions in the north to humid jungles in the south. Cannabis grows quite well in the jungle. It is the home of the Wayuu people. Birds of Passage is a story covering 20 years from the 1960s to 1980s of how a young man...
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