August 2009

Gabriel's passion and pa'bajo

This movie was filmed, with the best quality of Latin American cinema in the town of Sanctuary, in the village Peralonso, in the village Totuí, too, in Pereira.

Images and text taken from http://www.lapasiondegabriel.com/swf/index.html

" The Warsaw International Film Festival (WIFF), one of the most important film events in Poland, has selected Gabriel's Passion. Colombiana movie will be in theaters starting August 7 .

Directed by Luis Alberto "Peto" Restrepo director of First Night and successful television series like: Cartel, and Sin Tetas no paradise.

Gabriel's Passion, reflects the courage and turn the human frailties of priests. "

Temple district of Peralonso during the filming of the movie. (Photo taken from www.lapasiondegabriel. com)

Bogotá, July 17, 2009 - This is already more than three invitations to festival of international stature who received the tape Colombian The Gabrie passion l. Not to be still on the Billboard national film has received invitations such as selection by the Ministry of Culture to the Colombian sample in the Guadalajara Film Festival 2009, where he earned Award Silver Mayahuel for Best Actor for film, 24 º Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, and selection to the 25 th version of one of the most important festivals Eastern Europe, the Warsaw International Film Festival in Poland, the birthplace of great directors like Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda.

The Passion starring Gabriel Andrés Parra and Maria Cecilia Sanchez. It also has an outstanding cast of Colombian artists within which emphasizes the participation of: Diego Vasquez, Isabel Gaona, Jimmy Vasquez, Ramses Ramos, Toté Vega, Alberto Valdirio, Adriana Osorio, Jorge Rodriguez, Hernán Méndez, Gilberto Ramirez, Juan Paul Franco, Luis Alberto Ramirez among others.

Directed by Luis Alberto "Peto" Restrepo director de La Primera Noche y exitosas series de televisión como Sin tetas no hay paraíso y El cartel.

La emotiva y controvertida historia del director Luis Alberto Restrepo y escrita por Diego Vásquez, está inspirada en una clara identidad colombiana y una problemática universal. Es la historia de un sacerdote que, por sus convicciones y vocación social, sacrifica su vida en función de la justicia y el amor.

La película demuestra cómo truth is stranger than fiction, and how ordinary men can also be heroes. The Passion of Gabriel questioned the vow of chastity and reflects the human frailties of the priests. Also reveals how Christian salvation can not occur without social and ideological liberation, as visible signs of human dignity.