KILLING JESUS
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2018

KILLING JESUS

Directed by Laura Mora

Info

Director: Laura Mora
Section: International Independents
Country: Argentina, Colombia
Year: 2017
PT: MATAR A JESÚS
OT: MATAR A JESÚS
Language: Spanish
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Natasha Jaramillo, Giovanny Rodríguez, Camilo Escobar, Carmenza Cossio, Juan Pablo Trujillo
18+

Logline

KILLING JESUS

Paula is forced to watch as her father, a politically active sociology professor, is shot in the street in Medellín. She places her hope in the police and waits for them to locate the killer. To no avail — even though Paula recognized the perpetrator. Then a chance meeting brings her face to face with the murderer. She pretends to respond to his attempts at flirting and follows him into a world only a few blocks away, a completely new universe compared to that of her sheltered, middle-class existence. Paula feels both revulsion and fascination. She wants revenge, but at the same time becomes more and more receptive to the killer's world — just like the director herself, who in this film comes to terms with her own, real-life story.

Meet the director

KILLING JESUS

Laura Mora

Laura Mora was born in Medellín. After her father was murdered in 2002, she left Colombia to study film in Melbourne. She directed two short films in Australia and worked as a director's assistant on advertising productions. In Medellín once again in 2011, she made the short film SALOMÉ with amateur actors. The following year, she was involved as a director in the award-winning series ESCOBAR, EL PATRÓN DEL MAL. In 2014, she filmed the political thriller ANTES DEL FUEGO.

Credits

Screenplay: Laura Mora, Alonso Torres
Director of Photography: James L. Brown
Film Editor: Leandro Aste
Composer: Sebastián Escofet
Production Designer: Iris Ocampo
Costume Design: Ana María Acosta
Sound: Guido Berenblum, Carlos Lopera “Chubby
Producer: Diego F. Ramírez
Production Company: 64 A Films
Co-Producer: Alex Zito, Juan Pablo García, Ignacio Rey, Maja Zimmermann
Co-Production Company: AZ Films
World Sales: Latido Films