Is Mariana by Chris Gude cinema?
With Mambo Cool, Chris Gude posed a valuable question for his filmmaking: is it fiction or documentary? In that initial exercise, like writers, he found a voice, a narrative style that doesn't have to follow the rules of the traditional canon.
In Mariana, he takes a greater risk, but, according to Gude himself, with the same principle: salsa and control, like the Lebrón brothers. That is, taking many risks while maintaining control, and following a premise close to something he enjoys, poetry: placing familiar elements in a different order, in a different way. He considers Jorge Gaviria a fundamental pillar of that search, alongside some young, passionate filmmakers.