Poppy Garden
2012 film
Poppy Garden (Spanish: Jardín de Amapolas) is a Colombian drama film produced from 2007 to 2012 and finally released in theaters in 2014. It was written and directed by Juan Carlos Melo Guevara. It tells the story of a father and his nine-year-old son living in Nariño Department during the Colombian conflict and trying to survive amid violence on all sides from guerillas, paramilitary forces, and narco-traffickers.
Plot
Emilio is a 38-year-old farmer who lives on a small plot of land in the Colombian highlands with his nine-year-old son Simón. However, a paramilitary group takes over the area and forces Emilio off his land. Emilio and his son relocate to the home of a cousin, Wilson, in a small town in the Nariño Department. Emilio goes to work with Wilson in an illicit poppy field and heroin laboratory belonging to Ramiro, a notorious drug trafficker.
Simón becomes friends with Luisa, a pretty and outgoing girl. They share adventures with a schnauser puppy that belongs to a neighbor. Their adventures include secretly riding in the back of a truck, visiting a pristine green mountain lake, and exploring in the mountains where sections have been planted with mines by the drug traffickers.
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