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CineNoche at Violet Crown Cinema: Los viajes del viento (The Wind Journeys)

Los viajes del viento (The Wind Journeys), a film by Ciro Guerra

Colombia, 2009
Coming of Age/Drama, 120 min, Color
Spanish with English subtitles

Starring: Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez, Agustín Nieves

Two Screenings!

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019, 7:00pm
Sunday, March 24th, 2019, 11:00am

(tickets available through links above)

Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600

CLA members will receive a $2 discount on tickets purchased at the box office or by phone.

Synopsis
For most of his life, Ignacio traveled the villages of Colombia, playing songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving his nomadic life behind. But after the death of his wife, he vows to never play the cursed accordion again and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its proper owner. On the way, Ignacio is followed by Fermín, a feisty teenager determined to become his apprentice. Tired of solitude, Ignacio accepts him as his pupil and together they traverse the vast Colombian terrain. Hardened by a life of loneliness, Ignacio tries to discourage Fermín from following in his footsteps, but destiny has other plans for them. Nominated by Colombia to the 82nd Academy Awards. One of a series of films this spring by one of Colombia’s most celebrated filmmakers.

“Given little dialogue beyond his singing performances, gifted non-pro Martinez strongly inhabits a figure as tough and unyielding as the landscape, though in the grip of an unarticulated sorrow; Nunez has piercing moments as a young man trying to make something of himself.” – Justin Chang, Variety

CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Violet Crown Cinema

The screening of LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin.


This is just one of a series of Ciro Guerra films that you can view this spring!

LA SOMBRA DEL CAMINANTE (WANDERING SHADOWS)
Nominated by Colombia to the 78th Academy Awards
Dir. Ciro Guerra, 2004
February 20 & 24 at the Violet Crown Cinema
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PÁJAROS DEL VERANO (BIRDS OF PASSAGE)
Nominated by Colombia to the 91st Academy Awards
Dirs. Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra, 2018
March 14+ at the AFS Cinema
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EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE (EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT)
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year by the 88th Academy Awards
Dir. Ciro Guerra, 2015
April 17 & 21 at the Violet Crown Cinema
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