Movie Review Between Sea and Land ('La Ciénaga') 2016 Sundance Film

A story of disability and poverty that teeters between inspirational uplift and despair, Carlos Del Castillo and Manolo Cruz's Between Sea and Land stars a young man made dependent on the women around him by a paralyzing muscle condition. Set in a small community of stilt-shacks in a swamp near Colombia's Caribbean coast, the debut exploits its novel backdrop as one more marker of its protagonist's confinement. This plus a couple of powerful lead performances should ensure attention at fests and could generate some attention in American art houses, despite the picture's occasional missteps.

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Venue: Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition)
Production company: Mago Films
Cast: Manolo Cruz, Vicky Hernandez, Viviana Serna, Jorge Cao, Mile Vergara, Javier Saenz
Director: Carlos Del Castillo
Screenwriter: Manolo Cruz
Producers: Manolo Cruz, Robespierre Rodriguez, Carlos Del Castillo
Director of photography: Robespierre Rodriguez
Production designer: Arley Garzon Gomez
Editor: German A. Duarte
Composer: David Murillo R.
Casting director: Manolo Cruz
Sales: Global Screen

In Spanish - Not rated, 97 minutes