Monos
Mesmerizing. Alejandro Landes is a powerful new voice in cinema.
-- Guillermo Del Toro
Monos
MONOS, Alejandro Landes’ awe-inspiring third feature, is a breathtaking survivalist saga set on a remote mountain in Latin America. The film tracks a young group of soldiers and rebels -- bearing names like Rambo, Smurf, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom -- who keep watch over an American hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson).
With a rapturous score by Mica Levi (only her third, after UNDER THE SKIN and JACKIE), director Alejandro Landes examines the chaos and absurdity of war from the unique perspective of adolescence, recalling LORD OF THE FLIES and BEAU TRAVAIL in a way that feels wholly original. Landes brings together a diverse young cast of both seasoned professionals (including Hannah Montana's Moisés Arias) and untrained neophytes and thrusts them into an unforgiving, irrational and often surreal environment where anything can happen — even peace.
With a rapturous score by Mica Levi (only her third, after UNDER THE SKIN and JACKIE), director Alejandro Landes examines the chaos and absurdity of war from the unique perspective of adolescence, recalling LORD OF THE FLIES and BEAU TRAVAIL in a way that feels wholly original. Landes brings together a diverse young cast of both seasoned professionals (including Hannah Montana's Moisés Arias) and untrained neophytes and thrusts them into an unforgiving, irrational and often surreal environment where anything can happen — even peace.
Genre
Drama,
Thriller
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Runtime
103
Language
English,
Spanish
Director
Alejandro Landes
Cast
Julianne Nicholson,
Moises Arias,
Sofia Buenaventura,
Deibi Rueda,
Karen Quintero
Awards:
Nominee, Teddy Award ~ Best Feature Film, Berlin International Film Festival
Nominee, Horizons Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times
Stripped of all ideological references and precise geographical context, the unspecified armed conflict fueling the indelibly transfixing “Monos,” a Colombian voyage from visionary auteur Alejandro Landes serves as model stage to examine primal instincts cinematically. Viscerally philosophic, this ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 9.20.19 - 10.17.19
NoHo 7 9.27.19 - 10.10.19
Monica Film Center 9.27.19 - 10.03.19
Royal 10.04.19 - 10.17.19
Claremont 5 10.04.19 - 10.10.19
Town Center 5 10.11.19 - 10.17.19
Glendale 10.18.19 - 10.24.19
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