LOOKING FOR MIGUEL Buscando a Miguel
CHAUVEL OPENING NIGHT + FIESTA
Opening of Festival by Director Juan Fischer
Time: Thursday 6 March 7pm
Venue: Chauvel Cinema
Director: Juan Fisher Year: 2007
Country: Colombia Duration: 107min
Genre: Feature Language: Spanish w/ Eng subtitles
Based on at true story, Looking for Miguel is a stark comedy that illuminates many extraordinary facets of Colombian society.
Miguel is a young and very ambitious Colombian politician with a brilliant career ahead of him. Born into money, he sees the world from a position of privilege & is blind to the reality of those around him. Miguel has let the wheels in motion to run for office, but fate, it seems has other plans. After falling victim to a violent attack; a naked, unidentified and unconscious Miguel is laid out before a doctor and his medical students – as a John Doe. A surprise revival leaves those standing before him in shock, but no more shocked than Miguel himself, empty of memories, a name, a destination, a family.
In a dream state, this utter unawareness of himself, Miguel is thrown into the harsh reality of the streets, a world inhabited by the very people he once refused to acknowledge. To his rescue, a cast of colourful indigents, petty thieves and a pious and promiscuous drag queen; with them he experiences the warmth of friendship, even when he is no one, a stranger even to himself.
Miguel, the politician, has ceased to exist. Bubbling to the surface is the raw and essential Miguel – a man struggling to find redemption.
We have the great pleasure in welcoming Juan Fischer, director of Looking for Miguel, to our Sydney shores. Fischer will join us on opening night to present his film and open the Festival.
