Simon l'absurde
Simon the Absurd
Switzerland / France / Colombia, Planned for 3rd quarter 2026
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Felipe Monroy
- Written by
- Felipe Monroy
- Status
- Post-production
- Website
- https://ritaproductions.com/simon-el-absurdo
A documentary dream: Simón Bolívar, known in Latin America as « El Libertador », comes back to life. Flattered by his vivid popularity two centuries after his death, Bolívar meets his political heirs. But he is also confronted with the most vulnerable populations, crushed by the white ruling classes. What if the Bolívarian emancipation had merely reproduced an unjust and racist social order?
credits
- World Premiere
- Planned for 3rd quarter 2026
- Original Version
- French, colour, DCP, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-B853-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
- Production
- Rita Productions, Kidam, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Palmyre Badinier, Max Karli, Pauline Gygax, Alexandre Perrier
- directed by
- Felipe Monroy
- Written by
- Felipe Monroy
- Cinematography
- Pedro Pablo
- Editing
- Alexandra Strauss, Pablo Francischelli, Noémie Ruben, Juliette Penant
- Location Sound Mix
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz, Juan Felipe Rayo Sánchez
- Sound Design
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz
- Re-Recording Mix
- Antonin Dalmasso
- Production Design
- Liliana Cabrajo Cardenas
- Costumes
- Sandra Junqueira
- Casting
- Florence Rivero
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Rita Productions
Awards
(a selection)
-
Nyon, Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma,
The Party Film Sales Award
2023
(Winner)
Felipe Monroy