Utama
An ongoing drought forces an elderly Quechuan Indian couple to face a complicated dilemma: do they stay in an inhospitable landscape or leave for the city?
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In his Sundance-winning debut, director Alejandro Loayza Grisi applies his experience as a cinematographer to distill the film’s setting – the arid, sparsely settled Andean plateau – into captivating images. He also shows himself as a skilled storyteller, capable of imbuing a spare drama from a forgotten corner of the world with a universal sense of humanity, seamlessly incorporating mythological elements and, without preaching, presenting a statement on the creeping impact of climate change.
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Credits
Director:
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Screenplay:
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Cinematography:
Barbara Alvarez
Sound:
Alejandro Grillo
Editing:
Fernando Epstein
Production Design:
Valeria Wilde
Producer:
Marcos Loayza, Federico Moreira
Co-production:
Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre
Cast:
Santos Choque, Luisa Quispe, José Calcina
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
2022 – Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic)
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