Best Colombian Film Award at the Bogota Film Festival in 2007, Best Colombian Film Award at the Cartagena Film Festival in 2008, Second place in the A[Expand All]
Best Colombian Film Award at the Bogota Film Festival in 2007, Best Colombian Film Award at the Cartagena Film Festival in 2008, Second place in the Audience Award at the Lima Latin American Film Festival in 2008, Special Jury Award at the SAN Sebastian International Film Festival in 2007, according to Mario Mendoza The film "Satanas", adapted from the psychological thriller novel of the same name by Mendoza and directed by the new Colombian director Andres Baiz, became a hit last year. The novel itself is based on the "Pozzetto Massacre" that occurred in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, in 1986 - an event where a Vietnam War veteran killed 29 mostly strangers he did not know and then committed suicide (the Wikipedia entry states that there were 30 victims in total, and the killer was killed by the police). The film tells the stories of three different groups of characters: a mother who killed her three children and a priest who wants to be loyal to God. Paula who was forced to become a prostitute; An English teacher who was once a Vietnam War soldier and her female student Natalia... In a world shrouded in their inner fears, desires, pains, and external temptations, they are all struggling to seek love, redemption, and a second chance... However, in the end, their selfishness and insecurity still led to their ultimate downfall...[Collapse]
