La sombra del caminante
Two men meet in downtown Bogotá; one is missing a leg, the other is a "silletero," a man who carries people around for money. Each character bears the burden of a bitter past life.
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"Two men meet in downtown Bogotá. One is Mañe, an older man missing a leg and the means to survive in a city that couldn't care less. The other is a "silletero", a man with a chair on his back, who carries people around for money. Their strange friendship slowly takes them to the exact place from which both tried to escape: their past. This Colombian movie originally titled "La Sombra del Caminante" is in black and white, and with its barebones production it looks at first like a student movie. But the absurdity, the dark humor and the mystery that drives the characters..."
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This is the film chosen by Colombia to represent the country at the 2006 Academy Awards.
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Two men meet in downtown Bogotá; one is missing a leg, the other is a "silletero," a man who carries people around for money. Each character bears the burden of a bitter past life.