In Search of Maria

7.0

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 15 min
Premiere: 1985. June 16.

Director: Luis Ospina Jorge Nieto
Writer: Jorge Isaacs
Starring: Elsa Vásquez Sandro Romero Rey Carlos Mayolo Luis Ospina

Based on the only four surviving shots of the first Colombian silent film, MARÍA (1921), by directors Máximo Calvo (Colombia) and Alfredo del Diestro (Spain), IN SEARCH OF ‘MARIA’ combines historical research, interviews, and scenic reconstruction to rescue the memory of a lost film.