Backlights

While directing an anthology of short films through different regions of Colombia Helena and her director of photography, encounter through intense creative differences.

Cast

Isabella Faccini

as Helena Ospina

Martín Sarria

as Santiago Vergara

Andrés Rojas Smit

as Antonio Rojas

Daniela Gomez

as Daniela Castro

Stefanie Mora

as Carmen Caicedo

Alan Stevenson Velilla

as Angustias

Mateo Gutiérrez

as Celestino Aldobrandi

Francisco Roa

as El llanero

José Fernando Villota

as Jacobo Rusticuchi

Julio Crosswaithe

as La muerte

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