A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 24, 2021
Original Title:
Un cielo tan turbio
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
CAMARALENTA – ESTRATA
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Insight Film
Production Countries:
Colombia | Spain | United Kingdom | Venezuela
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 84
If there was an award for the most stylish opening scene, it would go to Álvaro Pulpeiro for ‘So Foul a Sky’. A road movie and a immersive report from a Venezuela on the verge of collapse. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic novel ‘Nostromo’, we are led into a twilight world where allegiances change among the travellers under the enormous dome of the sky. Pirates and pilgrims cross tracks, and oil is traded on the black market in the middle of nowhere. Crackling car radios relay an ideological battle of words. Has the oil cast a curse on Venezuela? The country is in the midst of the worst political and humanitarian crisis that South America has experienced in the 21st century. Instead of trying to explain the chaotic situation, Pulpeiro places us in the middle of it. A sensory and cinematic film, where the oil runs like thick, black blood through the arteries of the road network and connects us with some of the people who are trying to make life work beyond law and order.
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Additional Photography:
Álvaro Pulpeiro
Colorist:
Vlad Barin
Director:
Álvaro Pulpeiro
Director of Photography:
Mauricio Reyes Serrano
Editor:
Martín Amezaga
Executive Producer:
Laura C. Solano
Graphic Designer:
Federico Scudeler
Key Grip:
Cristian Contreras
Carlos Irigoyen
Line Producer:
Merlyn González
Original Music Composer:
Sergio Zuluaga
Producer:
Clive Patterson
Sound Designer:
Tomas Blazukas
Sound Recordist:
Fernanda Kraide
Hans Fresen
Supervising Sound Editor:
Tomas Blazukas
Writer:
Álvaro Pulpeiro
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