Birds of Passage

Birds of Passage

2018 · 125 min · ES · 7.3 (263 votes)
Dir. Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego · Starring José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Natalia Reyes, Greider Meza, José Vicente, Juan Bautista Martínez · Music Leonardo Heiblum

Generations of tradition. Consumed by greed.

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During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

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A sweeping, brutal saga of a family's descent into the drug trade. It's a visually stunning, culturally rich, and ultimately tragic look at how greed can shatter tradition and destroy lives.

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