Film Talk with Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento, Director of ADIEU SAUVAGE

ADIEU SAUVAGE, BE 2023, Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento





Colombia, Amazon: the Cácuas are supposedly incapable of love,
because they don’t have any words for such a feeling. At the same
time, there is an increasing number of suicides within their
community committed by young men suffering from a broken heart.
The filmmaker, himself a descendent of indigenous people, wants
to get to the bottom of this phenomenon and travels to the jungle
to spend some time living with the people there. A relationship
that could almost be described as tender begins to develop. 


Biography


Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento's name often earned him ridicule in
his childhood, as it refers to his indigenous origins. He was
born in Bogotá in 1987, the son of a lawyer and a supermarket
worker. At the age of 19, he left his country for Europe and
enrolled at the Poitiers School of Fine Arts on a student visa.
During his studies, he became more and more interested in cinema
and eventually successfully passed the entrance exam at the IAD
film school in Belgium. In 2018, his graduation film SIMON CRIES
was screened at many festivals. ADIEU SAUVAGE is his debut in
feature-length documentary filmmaking.