Juan Felipe Cano and Mateo Stivelberg’s latest Amazon offering, Los Billis, introduced us to a group of upper-middle-class teenagers called the Billis who lived in the city of Bogota. They were deemed cool and confident, and they were seen as role models for those living in the suburbs. Los Billis took place in a time before the Columbian and American governments waged war against drugs and its biggest kingpin in the world, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaveria. It was the time when the world was still living under the fear of the Cold War, and teenagers were on the lookout for ways to appear cool by donning Levi jeans, picking unnecessary fights, and listening to American rock music on the Walkman. The Billis were a nightmare to parents and police, and becoming one was practically impossible. The story is mainly told from the perspective of two teenagers, Indio and David,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Rishabh Shandilya
- Film Fugitives
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