The disappearance of the Mucutuy brothers, just 13, 9, 4 years old and an 11-month-old baby, shocked Colombia and the world.
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Starting this Thursday, November 14, The Lost Boys is now available on Netflix, a documentary that portrays the shocking odyssey of the search and rescue of the four Mucutuy brothers, who disappeared in the immensity of the Guaviare jungle, Colombia.
Made in collaboration between Caracol Televisión and Netflix, the documentary, directed by the British Oscar winner, Orlando von Einsiedel, together with the Colombian Jorge Durán and the British-Peruvian Lali Houghton, pays tribute to the union and resistance of the military, indigenous communities and volunteers, who They worked side by side for 40 days of agonizing uncertainty to find the little ones alive.
The disappearance of the brothers, just 13, 9, 4 years old and an 11-month-old baby, shocked Colombia and the world, who followed each progress of the intense search.
Their incredible and mysterious survival caught the attention of Von Einsiedel, who recognized the uniqueness of the rescue story.
“The search mission was truly incredible, especially seeing how indigenous people and the military, two groups that have historically distrusted each other, managed to unite their efforts for a common purpose.“said the director in an interview with Noticias Caracol.
Collaboration as a pillar of history
From its beginnings, The Lost Boys was a multidisciplinary collaborative project. The production not only involved filmmakers and screenwriters, but also had the direct support of the indigenous people who participated in the search and who, for a year and a half, returned to the same inhospitable areas where the rescuers traced each step.
This union allowed the production team to delve into the worldview of the indigenous communities and their intimate connection with the jungle, something that Lali Houghton highlighted as essential: “The indigenous people opened a new perspective of the jungle to us, they taught us to see beyond what anyone who does not know those places could understand.”.
This vision of the natural environment was key to reconstructing the moments of anguish and faith of one of the most difficult rescue operations in Colombia’s recent history.
Rescuing the sense of unity in the midst of polarization
One of the great achievements of The Lost Boys is to highlight the sense of community and empathy in the midst of a context of social and cultural differences that, although they often mark divisions, were overcome in favor of a shared objective.
See: Mucutuy brothers and the photo together after one year of their rescue in the Guaviare jungle
“This story has many points of view, many arcs, and although they are all inspired by real events, what makes it powerful is the diversity of perspectives.“said Jorge Durán.
More than a story of survival, the documentary is a chronicle of the human capacity to overcome differences and act in solidarity.
