Chronicle of the End of the World
(Crónica del fin del mundo)
Mauricio Cuervo | Drama, Fiction
2013 | 85 minutes | Colombia
Disenchanted and skeptical about the world, a retired professor shut into his appartment for 20 years whittles away his days by systematically insulting and complaining over the phone to all who have ever offended him in the past.
Synopsis
Pablo, a 70-year-old retired professor, has shut himself away in his apartment since the day his wife was killed in a terrorist attack 20 years ago. Disenchanted and skeptical about the world, he whittles away his days by systematically insulting and complaining over the phone to all who have ever offended him in the past.
Felipe, his son and father of a newborn, confronts the world with fear and hopelessness as he struggles to get by without a job in an unstable world. Meanwhile, the world itself waits for its own end—an end before the end is coming.
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Main credits
Bustos Guzmán, Sandra (film producer)
Cuervo Rincón, Mauricio (film producer)
Cuervo Rincón, Mauricio (film director)
Cuervo Rincón, Mauricio (screenwriter)
Aguirre, Claudia (actor)
Vásquez Aguirre, Ángel (actor)
Morant, Víctor Hugo (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Pedro Pablo Vega; editor, Mauricio Cuervo Rincón, María Cristina Pérez; music, Orlando Betancourt Escobar.
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Pragda subjects
Economics + Social Class Issues
Family
Health + Aging
South America
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DIRECTOR: Mauricio Cuervo
NATIONALITY: Colombia
YEAR: 2013
GENRE: Drama, Fiction
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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