7 Films & TV Shows Set In Colombia During The 19th Century
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Bicentenario
🇨🇴 Colombia The 1810sExactly 200 years after Simón Bolívar’s Colombian war of independence, a campaign that ran from late May to early August 1819, filmmaker Pablo Alvarez-Mesa follows the iconic Libertador’s route through the country. At each historic battleground, he calls on a medium to summon the general’s spirit, helping Alvarez-Mesa reveal Bolívar’s permanent and more or less visible presence in an array of social rituals and state structures. This historic legacy, after two centuries transfigured into a blend of political mysticism and unchallenged military doctrine, remains an integral part of Colombia’s collective unconscious. It keeps finding new expression in an endless cycle of violence, which this intriguing medium-length film seeks to exorcise. (Charlotte Selb)
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The Liberator
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇸 Spain 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela The 1820sHis army never conquered. It liberated. — Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. Libertador is told from the viewpoint of Bolívar, portrayed by Ramírez, about his quests and epic military campaigns, which covered twice the territory Alexander the Great conquered, and his vision to unify South America.
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Love in the Time of Cholera
🇨🇴 Colombia The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890s The 1880sHow long would you wait for love? — In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.
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Bedazzled
California District of Columbia 🇨🇴 Colombia The 2000s The 1860sMeet the Devil. She's giving Elliott seven wishes. But not a chance in Hell. — Elliot Richardson, a suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.
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The Proud and Damned
🇨🇴 Colombia The 1870sThe most explosive action since that Wild Bunch hit the screen! — A group of five Confederate mercenaries led by Sergeant Will Hansen must choose sides carefully in a small village where they find themselves trapped in the middle of a rebellion. The group is torn as to whether they should honor the powerful military dictator who forces them to spy for him or help the local village fight for its independence. Follow Sergeant Hansen and his men as they make a decision that could cost them their lives.
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Simón Bolívar
🇨🇴 Colombia 🇵🇪 Peru 🇻🇪 Venezuela The 1820s The 1810sSimon Bolivar is the true-life story of the leader of the 1817 Venezuelan revolution.
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Simón Bolívar
🇨🇴 Colombia 🇵🇪 Peru 🇻🇪 Venezuela The 1820s The 1810sBiopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
