Coffee with Ana

This movie is too bad, too, I watched until the end, Only good landscapes. Poor acting, all is poor here.

I enjoyed every minute of this movie. The budding romance between two unlikely candidates flourishes in a delightful way. What should have been a business trip sorting out a deal between a U.S coffee importer and a supplier morphs into a shy awkward and refreshing boy-meets-girl story. It's obvious that the two have feelings for each other, but the romance develops off screen in the imagination of the reader. A little physical contact wouldn't have hurt, just a brush of hands and a closer embrace between the two dancing. Still, the two characters are believable, like the boy and girl next door. I think the way Ana shared about her Colombian culture was an added bonus. I am not sure about eating ants though... I don't think the plot was totally believable at times, but I didn't mind as the focus was on the young soon-to-be- couple and the serendipitous way they met. And one more thing, I dare anyone to produce such a wonderful movie with such a ridiculously low budget.

Except introduced us the beautiful Columbia cities and the countryside, this film is actually a very boring and awkward turkey. Bad acting, bad cast, bad editing....etc. , etc. This film is some kind of a Columbia travel log, sponsored by the Columbia Tourism Bureau and PBS Globetrekker (?), but at least the Globetrekker episodes on PBS are more fun than this hollow film. The dialogs in this film between the two male and female characters and a few lines with the Columbian Coffee Export CEO, were so awkward and rigid without any meaning. The only good thing was through the camera lens we saw the messy but fascinating graffiti in Bogota and the beautiful spots everywhere in Columbia. This film just tried so hard to change the stereotyped and generic old version of Columbia that used to be the major cocaine export country, the murder capital in Latin America, the constant war and battleground among the drug lords. Not anymore, dude, now we only saw a revived and resurrected beautiful and almost spotless country in Latin America, its cities are so colorful and safe, the countryside so green and peaceful with fresh air and streams, except you must be careful when you get off the taxi.

Just watch this film as a tourism movie or "Columbia for DUMMIES".

Let's be clear: this is a very very Indie Movie... and to be completely honest, it could compete in a Local Championship of Bad Acting.

But it's not pretentious and watching was absolutely pleasant for me: images are cool, camera is steady, shots are perfectly centered, the story flows with ease and follows a logical theme. Dialogue is actually good.

Everything revolves around Camila Jurado (who really is an actress, and a very good one too) who graciously carries the entire thing on her shoulders. Anyway... I feel like recommending it and I send my compliments to the Kings (father and son) together with my best wishes for the future.

A fine romance (as Dorothy Field would have said)...

The chemistry between the two central characters was what kept our attention. They are both funny and I found out later that most of the dialogue was improvised so it really was watching two people just having conversations. They just had to keep the fictitious backdrop of how they met and who they were supposed to be. Some funny moments like her trying to him how to say Colombia properly really kept the story afloat. The father at the end with his very poignant comments and you realize all that was intended the whole time. Cute story and I wish Camila Jurado would do more English speaking movies.