Following the accidental death of their grandfather, amnesic and mute Marina and her cousin Jairo, a roving photographer, decide to take a trip back to their hometown. They travel in a beaten up old Renault, taking pictures as they go along. Each day they spend on their journey, they find themselves more and more haunted by their traumatic past as the story of her traumatic past starts to unfold. Carlos Gaviria alerts the viewers to the suffering of his native Colombia where 10% of the population is displaced by war. Through the road trip, he showcases a scarred landscape controlled by military in superb documentary-styled sequences. But, how this film really differentiates itself is the way the gloomy and death-ridden daily life is represented through a distinctly Latin American fantasy. One of the best of Colombian films this year, it premiered in Berlin. (RHEE Soue-won)