The Soldier's Lagoon
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SpanishLa Laguna del Soldado
Directed byPablo Álvarez Mesa
Produced byPablo Álvarez Mesa
CinematographyPablo Álvarez Mesa
| The Soldier's Lagoon | |
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| Spanish | La Laguna del Soldado |
| Directed by | Pablo Álvarez Mesa |
| Produced by | Pablo Álvarez Mesa |
| Cinematography | Pablo Álvarez Mesa |
| Edited by | Pablo Álvarez Mesa |
| Music by | Stephan Schneider Alex Lane Pablo Álvarez-Mesa |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Spanish |
The Soldier's Lagoon (Spanish: La Laguna del Soldado) is a Canadian-Colombian documentary film, directed by Pablo Álvarez Mesa and released in 2024.[1] The film profiles a lake high in the Andes mountains in Colombia, where the bodies of over 200 soldiers who died during Simón Bolívar's 1819 march across the Andes are still found.[2]
The film premiered in March 2024 at the Cinéma du Réel festival in France,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
