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ALIS

By Clare WEISKOPF, Nicolas VAN HEMELRYCK

LES CINEMAS DU MONDE - LA FABRIQUE CINEMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS - as PROMO

Second film - Development 2021

Teenage girls who lived on the streets of Bogotá dream up a fictional classmate. The soulful narrative reveals their perseverance to break the cycle of violence and embrace the future.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Second film, Documentary, Drama
- Countries
- COLOMBIA
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Director(s)
- Clare WEISKOPF, Nicolas VAN HEMELRYCK
- Producer(s)
- Clare WEISKOPF (Casatarantula), Nicolas VAN HEMELRYCK (Casatarantula)
- Synopsis
- How do you build a “new life” when you are born without opportunities? Can you leave despair behind and project another destiny? Eight teenage girls, who lived on the unforgiving streets of Bogota, close their eyes and dream up Alis, a fictional classmate. As reality prevails and fiction fades, the innocent game becomes a descent into hell. Their soulful narrative reveals an amazing perseverance to imagine a different life, break the cycle of violence and embrace the future.