Film Talk with Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento, Director of ADIEU SAUVAGE
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ADIEU SAUVAGE, BE 2023, Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento
Colombia, Amazon: the Cácuas are supposedly incapable of love, because they don’t have any words for such a feeling. At the same time, there is an increasing number of suicides within their community committed by young men suffering from a broken heart. The filmmaker, himself a descendent of indigenous people, wants to get to the bottom of this phenomenon and travels to the jungle to spend some time living with the people there. A relationship that could almost be described as tender begins to develop.
Biography
Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento's name often earned him ridicule in his childhood, as it refers to his indigenous origins. He was born in Bogotá in 1987, the son of a lawyer and a supermarket worker. At the age of 19, he left his country for Europe and enrolled at the Poitiers School of Fine Arts on a student visa. During his studies, he became more and more interested in cinema and eventually successfully passed the entrance exam at the IAD film school in Belgium. In 2018, his graduation film SIMON CRIES was screened at many festivals. ADIEU SAUVAGE is his debut in feature-length documentary filmmaking.
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