The Critics ’Week Grand Prize, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival dedicated to young talent, was awarded to Colombian Andrès Ramirez Pulido for The Juriafocused on the vicious circle of violence in this country in South America.
The Juria describes the daily lives of young people attracted by delinquency and crime who were tried by an educator, Alvaro, to be given a second chance through group therapy in an abandoned house in the middle of a tropical forest.
In the damp and asphyxiating environment of the Colombian jungle, the rehabilitation of young people is more like confinement than a way into the future.
The figure of the father
Andrès Ramirez Pulido, 32, has seen his two short films selected and awarded at several international festivals.
I want to rely heavily on photography, in cinematographic language, to show violencehe explained in an interview in Cannes.
In all his films, the director questions the father figure: his absence or his disastrous presence, in which the characters continue to suffer.
Three other award-winning films
In addition, the Jury Prize for French Touch, something new this year on Critics ’Week, was awarded to Aftersun. Directed by Briton Charlotte Wells, this film is about the relationship of a daughter and her father.
The Louis Roederer Foundation’s Rising Star Prize was awarded to Zelda Samson, young heroine of Dalva, by Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Nicot. At the age of 12, Alva was suddenly estranged from her father, who was always holding her.
Finally, the Leitz Ciné discovery prize for short films was awarded Ice traders by Portuguese Joao Gonzalez, a film without dialogue.
Source: Radio-Canada
