‘Earth Shatters’, film by the vallenato filmmaker Nina Paola Marín Díazwas selected representing Colombia to participate in the 26th South American Cinema Meeting which takes place in the city of Marseille, southern France.
The film was translated into French so that locals and Colombians can enjoy its screening next Sunday, May 12, at 5:30 pm local time. “What an honor to visit Marseille with ‘Tierra Quebrá’”said Nina Marín.
THE HISTORY
The film tells the story of Manuela, a woman who, after being widowed, She returns to her mother’s home with her three children with the intention of rebuilding family ties, but Once he arrives at this rural home, he suffers the drowning of his eldest son.
The production of the fiction and drama film – which combines elements of magical realism with themes such as motherhood, death, forbidden love and rural conflicts – had a team of more than 100 people including actors, extras, extras and technical staff.
Amelia Álvarez, Naudith Rodríguez and Ana Díaz Dangond star in the film that was made in black and white, an unusual proposal in Colombian cinema, which offers viewers the grieving gaze of a woman faced with the loss of her son.
‘Tierra Quebrá’ was filmed in 2020 in Valledupar, the township Las Raíces, Los Corazones, the Badillo River and the Serranía del Perijá.
The movie ‘Tierra Quebrá’ It had its world premiere at the Moscow International Festival in 2023, and has been screened in San Diego – California, New York within the framework of The Colombian Colombian Films Festival and at several film festivals in Colombia, as well as commercial movie theaters in the country.
ABOUT NINA MARÍN
Nina Paola Marín Díaz is a filmmaker from Valledupar with experience in directing and scriptwriting.
She is a specialist in Direction and Production of Film, Video and Television at the European University of the Atlantic in Spain, as well as a teacher in Dramatic Art at the University of the Atlantic with the Laureate Thesis ‘Dramaturgy: Vera, sleepless nights’.