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A way for Tomàs

Directed by Andrès Ricuarte & Martín Agudelo Ramírez

A way for Tomás, written by Martín Agudelo  Ramirez and directed by himself together with Andrés Ricuarte is a  twenty-eight - minute short film that tells the introspective journey of  the protagonist Tomás.


Tomás (Sergio Dávila Llinás), around  thirty-five, is welcomed into the wood by his child version, a  ten-year-old boy (played by José Naranjo). And young Tomás will join and  guide the older one on this journey towards his past and his traumas,  in a sort of cathartic and healing psychological experience.


Dreams  and the past merge until they become one ("How to understand reality  apart from our dreams? What mysterious world we live in!", writes Martín  Agudelo Ramirez). This communion is shown on the screen by Mateo  Londoño's masterful photography (which also took care of the editing of  the movie), who worked very well with colors, showing great talent.

The  photography, the cinematography, and all the visual aspects (including  the beautiful final shots) seem to be more deliberately deepened than  the dialogues, which are instead short and never superfluous. Lorena  García and Laura Vallejo (the former, makeup artist, and the second one  costume design responsible) enriched the visual experience with their  precise, incisive, and beautiful job.  


The music, curated by Banda  del Bisonte, a young Colombian rock band, enriches the film with their  contemporary but profound sounds, helping to make Tomás'  journey (and  the audience's one) even more intimate and introspective.  


Definitely, a film to watch, and we hope that the duo Andrés Ricuarte and Martín Agudelo Ramirez will work together again.