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Breath of Life

Breath of Life

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 11, 1999

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Soplo de Vida

Production Companies

Centro Nacional de Cinematografia, Direccion de Cinematografia del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, EGM Producciones, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Hangar Films, Mille et une productions, Origen TV, Mondo Films

Director

Luis Ospina

Description

It begins with the tragedy of Armero, during the course investigates the murder of a beautiful woman and on his way some people die in the end a killing and a cemetery. Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of "Golondrina", a beautiful young woman, occurred in a seedy hotel in downtown Bogota. Without knowing who it is, begins to understand their relationships with a motley gallery of men: a corrupt politician, connected to drug trafficking and paramilitary groups, a bullfighter cunning and good for nothing, a boxer fallen on hard times with a force so stupid as rare Lotero intellect and an insightful blind. And in the midst of this, the dark threads entangling power to everyone, and especially the poor Fierro.