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Luz also known as Luz: The Flower of Evil or Luz, la flor del mal is a 2019 fantasy-western horror film written and directed by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate starring Yuri Vargas. The film is an international co-production between 10 countries: Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Canada, The United States, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Argentina, Paraguay and Costa Rica.[1][2] In October 2019 it was part of Official Fantastic Competition at the SITGES Fantastic Film Festival in Spain.[3] The film has been selected in numerous international film festivals like Glasgow Film Festival, Nocturna Madrid, Almería Western Film Festival, Montevideo Fantastic, Fantaspoa, Peruvian Insólito, Sombra and Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre in which the film was winner for best Iberoamerican film, Best Photography, Best editing, Best acting for Yuri Vargas. Luz: The Flower of Evil also won the Silver Skull Award at the Morbido Film Fest in Mexico, where it had its Latin American Premiere.[4][5]

Luz
Directed byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate
Written byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate
Produced byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate
Andrés Gómez
StarringYuri Vargas
Jim Muñoz
Conrado Osorio
Andrea Esquivel
Sharon Guzmán
Johan Alexander Camacho
CinematographyNicolás Caballero
Edited byJuan Diego Escobar Alzate, Luis Vanegas
Music byBrian Heater
Production
companies
Afasia Films
Distributed byShudder, Raven Banner, Fractured Visions, Njuta Films, Dark Sky Films, Freaks ON, Le Chat Qui Fume
Release date
  • 7 October 2019 (2019-10-07) (Sitges Film Festival)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryColombia
LanguageSpanish

The film had more than 68 official selections at international film festivals and has garnered 16 awards in its more than 40 nominations and was nominee for colombian Premios Macondo por Best Supporting Actress (Sharon Guzmán).

The film was a nominee for best latinamerican fantastic film of 2019 by the Meliés Federation.

Luz: The Flower of Evil is distributed by Shudder, Fractured Visions, Raven Banner and Dark Sky Films, among others and Afasia Films hold all rights and act as international sales agent for the film.


Plot


In the mountains, a preacher known as "The Lord" begins to lose credibility after promising the naïve inhabitants that he would invoke some kind of god in childlike form. However, the appearance of two enigmatic characters will challenge the true meaning of faith.


Cast



Festival honors



References


  1. "Yuri Vargas y Jim Muñoz protagonizan la nueva película colombiana Luz". Caracol TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. "Yuri Vargas es la protagonista en la película colombiana Luz". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  3. "Luz, la película colombiana que se estrenará en el Festival de Cine Fantástico de Sitges". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  4. "Luz de Juan Diego Escobar Alzate gana en Morbido". Cine de Género Latinoamericano (in Spanish). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  5. "Cine Colombiano: Luz". Proimágenes Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved February 23, 2020.




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