Writing
Jacques Toulemonde
Jacques Toulemonde: Author of his own projects, he was also co-writer with Ciro Guerra of El abrazo de la serpiente, the first Colombian film to be nominated for an Oscar. Parallel to his film experience, he has written several short stories and the unpublished novel Diatriba de un Idiota.
Known For
Birds of Passage · 2018Birds of Passage
★ 7.32018
MovieDramaCrime
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Embrace of the Serpent · 2015Embrace of the Serpent
★ 7.72015
MovieDramaAdventure
The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist · 2023Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
★ 6.02023
MovieCrimeDrama
When an up-and-coming stylist is found stabbed to death in his home, a young detective is given 20 days to solve the case. Inspired by true events.
Muertos de susto · 2007Muertos de susto
★ 3.62007
MovieComedyMystery
Amparo, a mysterious woman, offers a large payment to quickly cremate a young woman named Lucia. When the funeral home owners refuse, they later discover the body has vanished and, in panic, give Amparo another person’s ashes instead. She pays and leaves, unaware that this mistake will lead the undertakers into the worst trouble of their lives.
The Trip · 2010The Trip
★ 7.12010
MovieComedy
Alex Peinado decides to takes his family on a road trip to Cartagena after 11 years of continuous work. But he also has a secret plan at the same time.
Anna · 2016Anna
★ 7.42016
MovieDrama
Anna is a young woman living in Paris, daily struggling with her emotional frailty. She tries to spend more time with her ten-year-old son, Nathan, but Philippe, her former husband, does not trust her anymore and threatens to take full custody of the child. Having no other choice, she convinces her boyfriend Bruno to help her, and the three of them fly away to Colombia. During this journey, Anna will strive to build a new family, and will face the difficulty of being a mother.
Nuestros muertos · 2018Nuestros muertos
★ 3.52018
MovieDrama
Elda Neyis Mosquera, aka Karina, was the only guerrilla woman to have led a Front. She was a romantic, idealistic and loving woman. But when she went to court, she was charged with atrocious crimes. However, things could have happened differently. She could have married and had children with Daniel, a fellow guerrilla. But Elda decided to follow the orders of his superiors and killed him because he was an infiltrator. Since then, she struggles to find forgiveness.
Gente de bien · 2014Gente de bien
★ 6.62014
MovieDrama
Eric, a ten-year-old boy, finds himself living overnight with Gabriel, his father whom he barely knows. Seeing that the man is having a hard time building a relationship with his son and staying afloat financially, Maria Isabel, the upper-class woman Gabriel works for as a carpenter, decides to take the boy under her wing.

