Life is Sacred

Co-produced by Sant & Usant

The fearless Colombian philosopher-politician-teacher Antanas Mockus and his followers struggle for peace in a country with the longest running internal conflict in the world. This is a story about 4 years and a life time that changed a country. And how learning to lose patiently might make you win

Director
Andreas Dalsgaard
Producers
Signe Byrge Sørensen and Anne Köhncke
Co-producers
Anita Rehoff Larsen & Tone Grøttjord Glenne - Sant & Usant
Co-producers
John Keville & Conor Barry - Savage Productions
Co-producers
Andreas Dalsgaard & Sune Lolk - Elk Film
Cinematography
Ross McDonnell, Viviana Gómez Echeverry & Andreas Dalsgaard
Sound recording
Oscar Mendez ADSC
Composer
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Editors
Helge Billing NFK, Søren Ebbe, Nicolas Servide Staffolani & Estephan Wagner

Violence is a fact of everyday life in Colombia, where the drug cartels have kept the country in an armed conflict for decades, and where almost all families have lost a loved one. But the unorthodox presidential candidate Antanas Mockus does all he can to reverse the vicious circle with an imaginative and positive election campaign. And he brings experience with him. As mayor of Bogotá, and dressed in a Superman costume and with an indomitable trust in the good of his fellow citizens, he overcame both towering crime rates, unruly students and people's bad traffic habits. But his idealism is both his strength and his weakness in a corrupt political system, where his opponent plays a dirty game, and where the people have lost faith in being able to make a difference. Mockus is helped by the 22-year-old activist Katherine, who herself has lost her father in the bitter conflict. Now this has to end. Andreas Dalsgaard, who previously portrayed Mockus in the film 'Bogotá Change', has followed Mockus' socially innovative campaign to reverse the negative trend. But can good ideas and an idealistic drive alone change an entire political culture, where violence is an institutionalized part of everyday life? An inspiring man, and an inspiring story, whose points are relevant far beyond Colombia's borders.