The Bigger Picture, presented by The British Film Institute

Monos: A mystical teen party war movie

Alejandro Landes's Monos has teen soldiers running wild in the mountains of an unspecified south American country. Hen, Anna and Pete take a trek up into the weird world of guerrilla warfare, presided over by a cow called Shakira. They talk about the film's treatment of Colombia's long-running war, how Landes masterfully creates an atmosphere of tension out of teen tomfoolery and Mica Levi's awesome score. Plus, nonsense chat about what we'd call a cow if one were gifted to us. The Bigger Picture, presented by the BFI, is ... BFI Digital editor <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryHBarnes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henry Barnes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/annabdemented" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anna Bogutskaya</a>, Dice's Head of Arts and Culture and producer <a href="https://www.petersale.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Sale</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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