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What can I say. I love an art movie but this was a non starter of a movie.no hidden meaning,no hidden art,awful acting and a very worn and not very inventive story arc.terrible ending to boot.viewer be warned.

Movie has no story just a theme and some cool scenes like a music video. Makeup is so funny, everybody has a very dark black dirt makeup, just because they live in a village their face is fully coverd in black?!

Juan Diego Escobar Alzate has created a visual masterpiece with this 104 minute folk horror feature film. I first viewed LUZ: the flower of evil at the Buffalo Dreams Film Festival 2020. Not only is the imagery captured visually stunning, the soundtrack moves the viewer through each frame and scene effortlessly flowing between emotions. The canvas that is painted by the natural light of the sky and each choice made regarding the actor's costuming and set design are with such detail. There is an ebb and flow constantly between the very dark parts and this of the light. The Dark gets very, very dark. I intentionally rewatched the film on DVD just to view with out subtitles (with a friend who was able to not miss a beat of the story). It really says something when a viewer can simply watch and understand most of the film "sin palabras"/without words. LUZ may leave you with much to ponder. LUZ may leave you without words. Thank you and much success to the team Afasia Films, all the actors and crew that worked so hard to create ~LUZ~.

A very well made film. Filled with great actors and chemistry. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Caught LUZ at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival. I went into it hoping my most anticipated movie of the Festival would make the wait worth it. To say it did so is a vast understatement!! This movie is simply unbelievable. Some people won't like it. Some people will argue endlessly about all the possibilities and concepts raised. Me- I'm absolutely mesmerized by LUZ. Easily one of the most beautiful films, frame after frame after frame, that I've ever seen. Certainly one which is interested in weighty questions that have no true answers, except for what we make of them, and our world. I said it after the screening, I see lots of Terrence Malick in this incredible film, and Stanley Kubrick too. Amidst the gorgeous imagery, there are also scenes of savage brutality that tear right into the ideas & beliefs being explored. This is why I attend these Festivals! Thank you to director Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, and the whole team responsible for bring LUZ to life! Don't miss this one!!

Juan Diego Escobar Alzate makes a remarkable feature film debut as director and writer. Beautifully shot and well acted by a cast, with whom I am not familiar. I was fortunate enough to see this thanks to the folks at Horrible Imaginings Film Fest earlier this year.

El Senor is a father and leader of a small religious cult in the mountains of Columbia. To be honest, since we see the people mostly using older technology, except for some modern firearms, I had thought this was actually some near future dystopia. My bad on that!

El Senor believes that he can bring about salvation, by discovering the reincarnation of Christ, in young boys he brings to his compound and keeps locked up. Much of the tale deals with the increasing madness of this man and his daughter's discovery that much of what he has been telling them are lies.

The cinematography in this movie is one of the highlights, with shots of the night sky, waterfalls and the overwhelming landscape. The isolation of the family and those around them is evident, as we see how vast the world outside their small farms really is.

This is a dark film and one in which we can debate the ending and the fates of the characters. Highly recommended.

Imagine a folk horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky with the stunning cinematography like found in the films of Guillermo del Toro and you have LUZ. A wonderful movie that explores the depths of faith where the lines of good and evil are completely blurred. A must watch for any horror fan.

One of the best horror films in recent years in my opinion, LUZ is a real visual feast and an impactful rumination on religion, faith and belief. Some great central performances really help to lift this one to the next level too. This one has really stuck with me ever since I watched it.

Luz: The Flower of Evil (2019) This Colombian film is a beautiful and scary work of art. The feature debut of Juan Diego Escobar Alzate who has done television work and short films previously, it is assured and bewitching. Taking place in the remote mountains. We are never sure where or when. One of the girls finds a cassette recorder in the woods, so it must be late 20th century or later. They live a primitive life, horses for transportation, no electricity, and no indoor running water. The community is basically a cult, run by El Señor. Besides his daughter and two other girls in his household, he has a boy chained in a pen outside. He says the boy is Jesus. But he has had other boys who didn't prove to be the Messiah. El Señor rules the community with an iron hand, but the girls are beginning to see through his prophet act. Other villagers are starting to stray in various ways. As real life intrudes, El Señor begins to lose control. And the boy in the pen definitely is not Jesus...

A folktale, a horror story, a cautionary fable, and a biblical parable rolled into one. There's very little gore or bloodshed (but what there is will scar you), yet every minute of it feels like the air is being sucked from the room.

Luz is a parable that looks like it was filmed in paradise. There's an ethereal quality to this world that feels far removed from reality. The skies are forever painted in vanilla and crimson. The horizon stretches forever to caress the mountain peaks. The forests are lush and deep. Beauty is highlighted by the absence of things. There is nothing beyond this realm. It's so captivating that by the time we realize there's also no escape, director Juan Diego Escobar Alzate has already ensnared us into El Señor's trap.

By the time we begin to look elsewhere, the grainy image reveals perpetually disheveled faces, endless sweat, and grime for days. The film feels heavy and humid, as if the temperatures from far away seep through the canvas. Alzate keeps the framing tight when he's with people, and wide as they are alone. Community is oppressive, nature is limitless, and the closer we're drawn in the hotter the room gets.

This is Alzate's first feature film and it's a remarkable debut. His story is told with tense minimalism without any extra fat on it. It also resists the urges that most new storytellers fall into, and reigns the visuals in at every turn instead of showing everything. The decision pays off in spades, as the implications are far more horrifying. Only a single scene tips the scales, but it's the kind of moment that people will speak of for years to come.

Stylistically beautiful with an incredible colour palet and haunting score. It is a film to let wash over you; there are some very disturbing moments but it is not a jump scare horror, rather it is a slow immersion into a wonderfully unsettling experience.

A beautiful, unsettling experience. Reminds one of The Witch, but I think this movie is probably better than that one. And the music was not only a lovely choice, but the narrative makes you think about what music really is and does.

I watched this movie a couple nights ago. The cover got my attention and the description sounded interesting to me. I am so happy I decided to watch this. What a fun psychological horror film that kept me guessing and kept me interested. Great acting. Great writing and great directing. This is also probably the most beautifully shot film I have ever seen. The shots are amazing and some of them look like living paintings. I can't wait to see more from the team behind this one.

These are the director's words and they completely sum up this film. Having just watched it at Paracinema online film festival it got the coveted 'wow' from me. In fact I intend to watch it again before my rental expires. A trippy existential folk horror that inhabits a place where good and evil are one and the same. Recommended...

Cult classic! A masterpiece work! Just viewed the film at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival and it is a deep exploration and intricate piece of work. Watching and searching for years, trying to find a piece of work that will be able to challenge your will to understand duality of spirituality and chaos in us all, an examination of ones deep spiritual commitment, as they face simultaneously a duality of evil that is intertwined in the hearts, minds, and souls of all humans. This takes a well written tale into a realm that only an indie filmmaker with vision can create.

This film may not be for everyone, but if the viewer allows the slower pace and the performances to exist and push the admittedly thin narrative forward, there is a lot to be gained. I highly recommend Luz to fans of horror folklore and the films of Terrence Malick. I think this team has created something special that can truly be thought-provoking and moving, with images that I can't get out of my head and performances to match the fantastic landscape. The profoundly dark side of human existence is on display in Luz: Flower of Evil. If such darkness intrigues you as it does me, I recommend giving it a chance.

LUZ is bold, original, and unpredictable filmmaking in every way: breathtaking cinematography, an unsettling soundtrack, slow-burning performances, and a quiet yet horrifying premise that probes our most universal challenge--the constant battle between light and dark impulses. Alzate's feature debut promises more intriguing exploration of mankind's darkest urges to come.

I went into this film blind and I'm glad I did. I don't think anyone's description of this movie would do justice. It's beautiful, from the actors to the cinematography it's visually stunning. The story is immersive and the dialogue is thought provoking. Even though it is subtitled it pulls you in so deeply that you tend to forget, at least that was my experience. Conrodo Osorio is commanding and terrifying and Yuri Vargas' performance is equally outstanding. This was a fresh take on folk horror and a must see. Excellent all around and looking forward to much more from writer/director Juan Diego Escobar Alzate.

The visual presentation quickly impresses, boosted by impeccable image quality. The filming locations and set design are swell, and there's strong attention to hair, makeup, costume design, and all the little facets of which films are comprised. Shots and scenes are carefully arranged, capturing all possible detail. And between all these aspects, and swell lighting and camerawork, and the sometimes seemingly artificial rendering of the sky - for all the mindful perfection in what we see, the picture has the ready appearance of fantasy.

That slant is echoed in the music in the movie, above all Brian Heater's dynamic score - shifting in turn from light and airy to brooding and dramatic. And the narrative cements the approach, and affirms it as a very dark fantasy on hand, with an exploration of faith, human nature, and good and evil by way of a distinctly disturbing series of events. Definite flavors of horror peek through the tale alongside disconcerting themes including zealotry, manipulation, domestic violence, wrath, corruption, and more. Particular unsettling, jarring, and at times downright horrifying incidents manifest throughout, sustaining another example of a movie in which the sense of horror is broadly more thematic and conceptual than concrete. At that, still, the horror is part and parcel with the grimly fantastical air the picture adopts.

It's hard to single anyone out among the cast, as I think everyone is outstanding. Every assembled actor demonstrates brilliant range, nuance, and force of personality to bring their characters to life. Filmmaker Juan Diego Escobar Alzate's direction is solid; his screenplay is wonderfully ambitious. The technical craft is solid, and the result of it all is a daring, original film. No especial fault leaps out at me, save for that the feature is difficult to parse at times - this is a movie with Big Ideas to communicate, and for the viewer to ruminate upon. Though not truly limiting our enjoyment, that method does instill a lingering doubt as to whether we're picking up everything that Alzate is laying down, or missing something that would make the movie complete in our vision. It's an unfortunate side effect of the dense type of tale being told that our investment depends entirely on willingness and ability to actively analyze as we're watching, and vice versa.

But, like I said - this is ambitious. And even if it's not wholly perfect in its creation, it's surely engrossing, and disquieting. Nitpicking aside, it's very well made, and a pleasure to watch. It's a blend of genres that works to build a film both curious and surprising, and if one is receptive to the variety - why, if nothing that I've written has been off-putting, or instead entices - then this is well worth seeking out. 'Luz: The flower of evil' is artistic and heavy in the story it imparts, but excellent, and recommended for patient, open-minded fans of drama, fantasy, and horror alike.