The Squad (2011 film)

The Squad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJaime Osorio Marquez
Written byTania Cardenas
Jaime Osorio Marquez
Produced byFederico Durán
StarringJuan David Restrepo
CinematographyAlejandro Moreno
Edited byFelipe Guerrero
Sebastián Hernández
Release date
  • 7 October 2011 (2011-10-07)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryColombia
LanguageSpanish

The Squad (Spanish: El Páramo) is a 2011 Colombian psychological thriller film written by Tania Cardenas and Jaime Osorio Marquez and directed by Marquez in his directorial debut. The film was released in Colombia on 7 October 2011. It follows a squad of soldiers that are sent to investigate a mountain military base.

After a secret military base ceases all communications, an anti-guerrilla commando unit is sent to the mountainous location to discover what exactly happened. The squad expects to discover that the base was attacked and taken over by guerrilla units, but instead find only a lone woman (Daniela Catz) wrapped in chains.