The Supreme Uneasiness:
Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo

Directed by: Luis Ospina

 

Colombian biographer, linguist, filmmaker, novelist, musician and biologist Fernando Vallejo came to global acclaim through filmmaker Barbet Schroeder's adaptation of his novel, Our Lady of the Assassins. Vallejo's writing has been praised for its force and rigor, and critics have singled him out as one of the leading Latin American authors. Considered a provocateur by many for his politically incorrect and bold accusations, he is nonetheless an essential critic of the atrocities committed in his beloved country, from which he was exiled (he has lived in Mexico for over 20 years). An intimate and extraordinary documentary about an eccentric iconoclast. "Finally, a documentary that makes the writing process as fascinating as the profiled writer - in this case Fernando Vallejo." (Chicago Reader)

2003, color, 1 hour 30 minutes, Colombia