Roa

Roa (2013)

Roa is a fictionalized account, based on real facts, about Juan Roa Sierra, the supposed killer of Jorge Eliecer Gaitán, Colombian politician and lawyer, dissident candidate of the Liberal Party for the 1950 Presidential elections, which he had a very high probability of winning.

Date de sortie
2013-04-11
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (24)
Durée
1 h 31 min
Genres
Drame
Réalisateur
Andrés Baiz

Distribution

Anecdotes

Roa is a Colombian feature film released in 2013. It was directed by Andrés Baiz, who also co-wrote the screenplay and starring Mauricio Puentes, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Santiago Rodríguez, Rebeca López, John Alex Toro, Carlos Manuel Vesga, Arturo Goetz, and César Bordón. It is a fictionalized account inspired by the final days in the life of Juan Roa Sierra, the man who was blamed for the 1948 assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the charismatic liberal candidate for president. The film depicts Roa as an inept and naive pawn who was threatened and manipulated by powerful, shadowy figures into becoming the scapegoat for the assassination.

Production

The film was directed by Andrés Baiz with a screenplay by Baiz and Patricia Castañeda. Other key production credits include:

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