Pachamama

Section: World Cinema
Directed by: Toshifumi Matsushita


Bolivia, Japan, 2008

Dir.: Toshifumi Matsushita
Scr.: Toshifumi Matsushita
Phot.: Gustavo Soto Nuñez, Guillermo Ruiz, Carlos Crespo, César Pérez Hurtado
Ed.: Toshifumi Matsushita
Music: Luzmila Carpio
Cast: Christian Huaygua, Luis Mamani, Faniy Mosques, Francisco Gutíerrez, Hilaria Cabrera
Format: HD Digital
Color
104 mins
Language: Quechua voice, English subtitle, Hungarian voice over

On Bolivia's inland salt sea, the Salar de Uyuni, 13-year-old Kunturi and his family cut bricks of salt by hand, which they use to barter for goods. When Kunturi's grandmother falls ill, his father decides to take his son on the almost four-month journey. As tragedy and joy commingle, Kunturi is forced to confront the complexities of adult life, including death, suffering and, most sweetly and powerfully of all, first love. As father and son, and their huge herd of llamas, make their slow way into the mountains, the accumulation of many small details adds up into something altogether absorbing.

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