The Stillness Syndrome

In 2018 a group of filmmakers calling themselves Los Quietos set out to make a film essay on a hypothetical syndrome of stillness in the Republic of Colombia To this end they invite Colombian documentary master Luis Ospina presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez to give them clues to delve into the history geography and idiosyncrasy of Colombia a country that paradoxically has very little of stillness For unknown reasons the project remained unfinished