En Tus Manos (film)
| En Tus Manos | |
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Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | Ron Jacobs |
| Produced by |
Brent Ryan Green Jeff Goldberg Oscar Torres |
| Written by | Oscar Torres |
| Starring | Sanitago Diaz Paulina Gaitán Alejandro Aguilar Hernan Lopez |
| Cinematography | Thomas Marvel |
| Edited by | Luis Carballer |
| Distributed by |
Toy Gun Films
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Release date
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January 1, 2010 |
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Running time
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27 min. |
| Country | Colombia |
| Language | Spanish |
En Tus Manos is a short narrative film by Toy Gun Films released to DVD on January 1, 2010. Written by Oscar Torres (Voces inocentes), directed by Ron Jacobs, and produced by Oscar Torres, Brent Ryan Green and Jeff Goldberg, who are co-presidents of Toy Gun Films, and also featuring Thomas Marvel as the cinematographer, the film was inspired by a collection of true stories surrounding the issue of violence directed at religious leaders throughout Colombia.
En Tus Manos focuses on the story of a young man struggling with an abusive father while growing up in a violent section of Bogotá, Colombia, where the film was shot entirely. The short film has been screened in over twenty International Film Festivals and won eight film festival awards. In 2011, En Tus Manos was signed on with Hulu and since then has been streaming worldwide. Additionally, En Tus Manos has been screened around the world more than 3 million times through its distribution partner, OneHope.
Carlos, played by Santiago Diaz, is a young man who lives in a violent neighborhood of Bogotá where many of the local pastors are being shot and killed. The neighborhood is becoming more fearful of the notoriously vicious local gang who is killing the pastors. At home, Carlos faces constant family abuse, but finds his escape in the love of his youth, Zuvely, played by Paulina Gaitán (Sin Nombre and Voces inocentes). However, in an attempt to defend himself from the hostility that has engulfed his home life, Carlos decides to join the gang. As a part of his initiation into the gang, Carlos is ordered to murder the local pastor considered to be a threat to their reign over their neighborhood. This cold-blooded task pushed Carlos into the depths of despair as he searches for the courage to finally take his destiny into his own hands.
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