Felipe Holguin about LA SUPREMA

“I asked her to throw a few punches”

La Suprema is a distant town time forgot, it probably wasn’t even on the map of Colombia… until director Felipe Holguin has put it there. In this muddy village, teenage Laureana takes inspiration from her boxer uncle and wants to box herself. Nobody agrees with that ambition, not her overprotective grandmother, and not the former champion to whom she turns for help. Since the village lacks a TV and electricity network, she can’t even watch her uncle boxing for the title. Inspired by her persistence, the villagers get together to pick up a fight against oblivion.

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