The Black Snake

After years of absence, Ciro returns home to his mother's bedside. In the Colombian desert of Tatacoa, he meets those he fled and confronts the last guardians of a territory as fragile as it is enchanting.

Cast

Alexis Lozano Tafur

as Ciro

Miguel Ángel Viera

as Alirio

Angela Rodriguez

as Ana

Laura Valentina Quintero

as Little Lucía

Virgelina Gil Saénz

as Lucía

Santiago Porras

as Ana's boyfriend

Laura Rodríguez

as Astronomer

Jonathan Mortenson

as Astronomer

Bartek Brzozowski

as Astronomer

Joseph Fuzessy

as Astronomer's voice

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