Synopsis
Gaby and Blaine are two young Americans with clear-cut opinions about
cultural and socio-economic topics. On a journey between two small historic
villages, one in the depths of Colombia, the other in Andalusia, they get lost.
Throughout this experience, they embark on conversations which waver between
philosophy and intimacy, all in a context laden with imagery, music, fervour,
history and oblivion.
The Messengers thus creates a dreamlike narrative, which creates friction
between places and histories linked to processes of colonization,
post-colonization, cultural influence and flux, rummaging in the relation
between local and global, and between tradition and contemporary culture. In
their ambivalent approach and discourse, Gaby and Blaine reflect our own
fragility in a complex context, where finding a coherent place calls for a
reconciliation between history, culture, reflection and action.
