'' Confessing to Laura '' ( ) is a 1991 Colombian drama film directed by Jaime Osorio Gómez . The film is set during El Bogotazo , a violent rioting that erupted in Bogotá after the assassination of presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on 9 April 1948 . The story is about an oppressed husband forced by the circumstances to spend the day at his neighbor ’s home , a lonely , mature schoolteacher . The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
64th Academy Awards
64th Academy Awards
Confessing to Laura