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The Vampires of Poverty

1978 · 29 min

A biting, uncomfortable meta-joke that turns the camera back on the people wielding it, funny and queasy at once.

Directed by: Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Luis Alfonso Londoño, Carlos Mayolo, Ramiro Arbeláez

Tagline: Watch the misfortune of the miserable... uncensored
Overview: Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a documentary commissioned by German TV. Meanwhile, another camera captures these “vampire” filmmakers feeding off the misery of their marginal subjects.

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Directed by: Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Luis Alfonso Londoño, Carlos Mayolo, Ramiro Arbeláez

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: media
class
corruption
exploration
morality
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
found footage
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	7
Realism	7
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Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina
Written by: Luis Ospina, Carlos Mayolo
Starring: Luis Alfonso Londoño, Carlos Mayolo, Ramiro Arbeláez, Eduardo Carvajal, Javier Villa, Fabián Ramírez, Astrid Orozco, Jaime Ceballos
Cinematography: Enrique Forero, Eduardo Carvajal
Runtime: 29 min
Country: Colombia
Languages: Spanish

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