‘Blood and Rain’ got a Greek award

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‘Blood and Rain’ got a Greek award

On 2009/12/04, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas

la sangre y la lluvia The Film Festival of Thessalonica in Greece awarded the Colombian-Argentinean film of Jorge Navas, ‘Blood and Rain’, with the City of Thessalonica Recognition. The movie, that is a production of Colombian RCN Movies and Argentinean Efe-x-cine, was selected by the Greek jury that looks for the best urban landscape films from around the world.

Blood and Rain is the story of two lonely persons, who meet in the night and raining streets of Bogotá. In six hours through the most violent areas of the capital, Jorge and Angela cross events of blood, pain and rain.

Quique Mendoza is Jorge and Gloria Montoya is Angela in a film directed by Colombian Jorge Navas with the production of Argentinean Efe-x-cine and RCN. The Greek award is not the first of this Colombian movie. In 2003 it got the Rotterdam Film Festival Award and the Hubert Bals Foundation for script and development. Mexico, Spain, France and Peru have recognized the film as well since 2004.

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