YO VÍ TRES LUCES NEGRAS
Colombia
Santiago Lozano Álvarez
José de los Santos (70) lives in a village on the Pacific coast in Colombia. Since he was
a child, he learned the arts of mortuary rituals inherited from his ancestors, former
African slaves. He accompanies the dead on their way to eternal rest. One day, the soul
of his son Pium Pium - who was violently murdered - announces his death to him,
warning that he must not die near his home, and above all, he must die in peace.
José de los Santos begins a journey through the jungle to find a place to die, defying
the curfew imposed by the illegal armed groups that dispute the territory. He must
survive the guns to avoid joining the souls in purgatory.
a child, he learned the arts of mortuary rituals inherited from his ancestors, former
African slaves. He accompanies the dead on their way to eternal rest. One day, the soul
of his son Pium Pium - who was violently murdered - announces his death to him,
warning that he must not die near his home, and above all, he must die in peace.
José de los Santos begins a journey through the jungle to find a place to die, defying
the curfew imposed by the illegal armed groups that dispute the territory. He must
survive the guns to avoid joining the souls in purgatory.