La Paga

The debut of Ciro Durán, who had suffered injustice and oppression, is an unsettlingly hypnotic snapshot of social disparity in Latin America.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Ciro Durán

  • With

    Alberto Alvarez, Maria Escalona, Rafael Briceño

  • Colombia-Venezuela 1962. 62min

  • Courtesy of

    Maleza cine

  • Language

    Spanish

    With English subtitles

Introduction

A Colombian peasant struggles to support his family under conditions of extreme exploitation. Banned after one screening and thought lost for decades, this stark portrait of peasant life is a political film of denunciation of perpetual poverty and inequality.

Giulia Saccogna

Restored in 4K in 2025 by Joyce Ventura, Maleza Cine and Fundación Patrimonio Filmico Colombiano in collaboration with Cinemateca de Bogotá and Fundación Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela. With the support of the Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico de Colombia (Colombian Film Development Fund). General coordination by Vladimir Durán.

Screening with

Safar

  • Director-screenwriter

    Bahram Beyzaïe

  • With

    Sirous Hassan-Pour, Abbas Dastranj, Parvaneh Massoumi

  • Iran 1972. 35min

  • Courtesy of mk2 Films

  • Persian

  • With English subtitles

Beyzaie's own favourite film is an allegorical quasi-folk tale of an orphan determined to find his parents.

Restored in 4K in 2024 by Kanoon at Roashana Studios, curated by Kamran Saharkhiz.

How to book

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