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Guerrilla Girl (2005)
The worst movie ever
Having a Colombian background I totally hated that movie, not just because it lies about the real conflict but, because of personal reasons, my family had to scape from Colombia after being threaten of kidnapping by this organization and in the movie they look like heroes.
Bombings, murder, mortar attacks, narcotrafficking, kidnapping, extortion, hijacking, as well as guerrilla and conventional military action against Colombian political, military, and economic targets. This horrible side is never shown in the movie but, it is a childish idealization of the conflict from the eyes of people that has never seen what they are talking about. I have personally met people kidnapped by the FARC and that is no fun at all! If you don't care about the background and you just want to see the movie, don't even bother! Use your money to see something more entertaining.
La estrategia del caracol (1993)
The best movie in Colombian history
This movie really is a masterpiece of Colombian cinema. Telling this simple story it involves the viewer in the life of the people renting rooms in this house for more than 20 years (which by law makes them owners) and how they all work together to get out of the situation when they have to evacuate it.
In a very dramatic and quite depressed background the director is able to tell a story that makes laugh and that, with an unexpected ending, brings the best conclusion I have ever seen. It shows the positivism of Colombian people and how even in the worst situation, there is always a way out.
Totally recommended!