‘The Kings of the World,’ ‘Stuntwomen’ Triumph at Zurich Film Festival
variety.comMarta Balaga Laura Mora’s “The Kings of the World” was named Best Film at Zurich Film Festival. The jury, presided over by Asghar Farhadi and featuring Clio Barnard, Daniel Dreifuss, Petra Volpe and Piodor Gustafsson, was taken with the coming-of-age drama about young friends living on the streets of Medellín, one that has triumphed at San Sebastian as well.
Film Factory Entertainment handles sales. “I am so happy the jury voted for it. I am convinced this film will stand the test of time,” artistic director Christian Jungen told Variety. “It shows that film can be an art form, but it also provides social criticism on the situation in Colombia.
Where poor, regular people can’t easily access their rights.” Mora got the idea for the story while casting her feature debut “Killing Jesus,” she told Variety back in August. “More than 90 boys we interviewed all shared a terrible feeling of exclusion, a certainty of not having a future.
However, almost like a deep and beautiful contradiction, they were full of life, sometimes delusional dreams, always linked to the same desire: an obsession with having a place in the world, literally and symbolically,” she said. “From there, questions arose that I have always asked myself about the violence tied to the possession of the land.
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