The Soldier's Lagoon

Synopsis

La Laguna del Soldado delves deep into the misty Páramo region, into an ecosystem rich in water, but also saturated with oral narratives that populate the territory like foggy patches. Reflecting on the construction of oral history and its relation to the land, the film traverses the Páramo; a living and elusive archive, navigating through the dense fog suspended between Simon Bolivar’s past and Colombia’s present.

La Laguna del Soldado is the second in a three-part series of films exploring the intersection of oral narratives, political outcomes and the territories marked by Simón Bolívar’s passage during the Liberation Campaign of Colombia in 1819. The first completed part is Bicentenario (Berlinale Forum Expanded 2021).

Director Biography

Pablo Alvarez-Mesa is a filmmaker, cinematographer and editor whose films and collaborations have played and earned awards internationally. Pablo is an affiliate member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University, and a Berlinale Talents, Banff Centre for the Arts and Canadian Film Centre alumnus.