La playa DC Page #2

Synopsis: Tomas, an Afro-Colombian teenager who fled the country's Pacific coast pushed out by the war, faces the difficulties of growing up in a city if exclusion and racism. When Jairo, his younger brother and closest friend disappears, Tomas plunges in the streets of the city. His search becomes an initiatory journey that compels him to face his past and to leave aside the influence of his is brothers in order to find his own identity. Through this journey, Tomas reveals a unique perspective of a vibrant and unstable city that, like Tomas, stands on the threshold between what once was and what might be.
Genre: Drama
Production: ArtMattan Productions
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Year:
2012
90 min
Website
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- I'll leave the car with you.

- Ok, boss

take this and start over there.

Use this.

Chaco!

Danny, brother! How are you?

-Whats up, man?

- I'm here with you.

- When did you get back?

- A week ago.

- A week ago ?

- Yeah, a week ago.

- How did it go up there?

- Great, thank you.

- What about you?

- Just taking it easy.

Looks like you got it made.

Got it made?

this is Nelsons place.

Nelson!

this is Chaco.

He taught me to cut hair

in Buenaventura.

How's it going?

He taught me everything l know.

Youre as bad as him then?

Bad?

Hows that?

- He cut my hair real good.

- So l see

Easy, bro.

Do me a favour, please

I'm the reason this place works.

What happened to him?

Hes crazy

hes been hanging out around here.

We've been looking for him

for a while.

Missing:
Jairo Diaz

Whats up, boy?

- Hi.

- l need you to do me a favour.

this isnt the lost and found.

You cant hang it here.

- Whats up, buddy?

- Whats up?

Nothing much.

l have this picture of my brother?

Sure, hang it up here.

Morning.

Ready to make some money?

Always am

Come sit down.

You been partying much?

A bit.

Tomas, show him the picture.

Yeah, l've seen him.

- Around here?

- Yeah.

Where?

this guy caught him

and bang-bang!

He shot him.

He messed with the wrong guy.

Fix this part here.

Fix this part here.

Where l come from

Life isnt easy, but we manage

its a daily struggle.

but we still get by

We talk about it bad,

but everything there is better

We have rain.

its cold and its hot

Where I come from

Life isnt easy, but we mange

We have the rain,

its cold and its hot.

You know...

all the cuts you see around here

come fro m up north.

the Jersey, the Co by...

they' re all from up north.

there was this guy.

who shaved an S on his head

the first letter of his wife's name

And every time he cheated o n her.

he'd put a cross through it.

He wound up with a tribal cut

full of crosses.

His wife found out about it.

l don't know how.

She aI'most shaved his head.

then was this other guy...

He had these dreadlocks...

When he got out of his car.

they dragged on the ground.

l' m not lying !

He could wrap his locks

around his fist.

Once, he fell asleep at a party

and they cut his locks, bro.

Some guy to ok the clippers

and left him bald.

And you know what happened?

He hung himseIf.

When he woke up and saw himseIf.

he went into the bathroom

and everybody saw

he'd hung himseIf.

You need some clippers man.

I'll teach you some cuts.

and some designs...

and some designs...

you've never seen.

l haven't seen them

around here, anyway.

there you go, bro.

Real bad.

- How much do l owe you?

- 7 grand.

Wasn't it 5 last time?

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