'Los Conductos': Film Review
Showing how much punch can be put in an unconventional indie, Los Conductos by Colombian director, writer and editor Camilo Restrepo strings together simple visuals to follow a runaway from a religious cult of “the chosen.” Hiding out in empty warehouses, the young man reviews the events that led up to his life in a group from which there is no escape, and his disillusionment with its charismatic but criminal leader. Set in a nocturnal dreamland that is minimalist but expressive, it should attract younger audiences willing to forgo narrative certainty, because never can the viewer be sure what is really going on onscreen.