Manuela and her extended family gathered in a living room

Feature film · Colombia

Las Malas Lenguas

Sweet and Vicious

88 minutesDramaSpanish2016

Manuela lives the conservative Colombian high life, but underneath her privilege she burns with love for her best friend. Suffocated by her secret, she turns toward a darkness she cannot escape.

Laserna’s debut feature is a coming-of-age drama about desire, hypocrisy, and the violence of social expectation inside Bogotá’s upper class.

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Recognition and release

LA Film FestivalIndieBo

Colombian Film Festival New York

Theatrical release by CineColombia

Acquired by Caracol TV and STARZ

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