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Tag Archives: Peru
Song Without a Name / 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 / 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 »
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 »
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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