The Stillness Syndrome
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31mins
Directed by
León Siminiani,
Starring
Juan Gabriel Vázquez,
Gustavo Petro,
Lina González,
Ovidio Lozano Montaña
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In 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves "Los Quietos" set out to make a film essay on a hypothetical syndrome of stillness in the Republic of Colombia. To this end, they invite Colombian documentary master Luis Ospina, presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez to give them clues to delve into the history, geography and idiosyncrasy of Colombia, a country that, paradoxically, has very little of stillness. For unknown reasons, the project remained unfinished.