Santiago, a retired soldier who fought for his country, Peru, find it hard Read More »
Tag Archives: Peru
Full Fathom Five (1990) Carl Franklin, Michael Moriarty, Maria Rangel, Todd Field
Adapted from the best-selling novel. Navy Captain Peter Mackenzie is sent on his toughest Read More »
Kukuli (1961) Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, Judith Figueroa, Victor Chambi, Lizardo Pérez
Kukuli, a young llama herder, leaves her grandparents in the countryside of Cusco Read More »
Retablo (2017) Alvaro Delgado Aparicio, Magaly Solier, Amiel Cayo, Junior Bejar
Segundo Paucar, a 14 year old boy wants to become a master story-box maker just like his father Read More »
Song Without a Name AKA Canción sin nombre (2019) Melina León, Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas
Georgina’s newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Read More »
Madeinusa (2006) Claudia Llosa, Magaly Solier, Carlos J. de la Torre, Yiliana Chong
Madeinusa is a 14-year-old girl with a sweet Indian face. She lives in an isolated village Read More »
Bad Hair AKA Pelo malo (2013) Mariana Rondón, Samuel Lange Zambrano, Samantha Castillo, Beto Benites
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening Read More »
Ultra Warrior (1990) Augusto Tamayo San Román, Kevin Tent, Dack Rambo, Clare Beresford, Meshach Taylor
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become Read More »
Cementerio General (2013) Dorian Fernández-Moris, Jürgen Gömez, Marisol Aguirre, Airam Galliani
Set in Iquitos, the story follows Andrea (Airam Galliani), a 15-years-ago teenage girl Read More »
Don’t Tell Anyone AKA No se lo digas a nadie (1998) Francisco J. Lombardi, Santiago Magill, Christian Meier, Lucía Jiménez
Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Read More »
No Stars in the Jungle AKA En la selva no hay estrellas (1967) Armando Robles Godoy, Jorge Aragón, Willie Griffiths, César David Miró
The story begins as fable, with this man who wants to steal the gold from an old woman in the jungle. Read More »
In the Mouth of the Wolf AKA La boca del lobo (1988) Francisco J. Lombardi, Gustavo Bueno, Toño Vega, José Tejada
The military anti-terrorist army takes control of “Chuspi”, an unknown and faraway small village Read More »
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993) Luis Llosa, Daphne Zuniga, Tom Verica, Barry Bostwick
Outlaw Joam Garral makes a clandestine journey down the crocodile and piranha infested Amazon river to attend his daughter’s marriage. Read More »
Icaros (2014) Georgina Barreiro, Mokan Rono
Icaros explores the spiritual universe of the Shipibo indigenous people who live by the Ucayali river, one of the main tributaries of the Peruvian Amazon. Read More »
Paloma de papel / Paper Dove (2003) Fabrizio Aguilar
Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind’s eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a sympathizer with the Communist guerrillas in the hills. Town leaders are assassinated at night. When Juan discovers Fermin’s secret, Juan is spirited away to the guerrillas to learn Marxist slogans and how to fight. When the band decides to attack the town to avenge the death of a comrade, Juan must choose. There are no white hats on any side: critical thought without love of life bears no fruit, writes Erich Fromm.
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