Wandering Shadows

The film is set in the centre of Bogotá. Two men meet in the street. One of them has lost a leg. Because of it he cannot find work. He is in no position to pay his rent. He meets with mockery and rough treatment. The other man carries people on his back. He is paid for the work. The man cannot read or write. The two of them begin to help each other. In time an odd friendship forms between them. That friendship makes both their lives easier. But each of them has a past. The past goes back to the country’s violent years. That shared past both joins them and keeps them apart. César Badillo and Ignacio Prieto take the leads in Ciro Guerra’s Colombian film of 2004.