Missing Peace (2003)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Directors:

Victoria Bruce
Karin Hayes

Release Date:

February 2005 (France)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

On May 26, 2002, we watched the Colombian presidential elections from Bogotà's regal Plaza de Bolivar...

Plot Keywords:

Election | Colombia | Campaign | Kidnapping | Hostage

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Also Known As:

The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Colombia

Company:

NL3 Audio

Soundtrack:

Sun Set

Worthy though a bit dull

Whilst this look at Colombian presidential candidate and FARC kidnap victim Ingrid Betancourt gives the viewer a good look at a presidential campaign eclipsed by a crime, it tends to put its subject on a pedestal, leaving its audience with far too many unanswered questions. Colombia's 40 year old civil war is mentioned in passing, and there are some brief attempts to put FARC in context, but too much of the film is spent with Ms. Betancourt's family and friends, who can do little more than express their understandable grief. It would have been far more interesting to focus on the political games going on in Colombia, viewed through the prism of the kidnappings. The film also leaves unspoken the clearly privileged background of Ingrid: surely a factor of some importance in this poverty ridden nation's troubles. Overall, this is a fairly interesting film about a fairly interesting person, but it falls well short of greatness.