Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

Adapted from “Las Tradiciones Peruanas” by Ricardo Palma.

The Capitan Burdeles invites three longtime friends, Coraza, Doctore and El Negro, to the meeting for drinks and card games that are usually held on Saturdays. While they wait for him, they receive a call from El Negro who has had a fight in a hostel with his ex-partner, Mariana. The friends go to the place and manage to transfer Mariana, who has lost consciousness, to the meeting place. They play games and make drinks while they wait for him to recover. But this does not happen and they will soon find themselves in the alternative of having to get rid of a body that has become apparent evidence of a crime. During the long night the ghosts of sexism, frustration and imposture so characteristic in certain social sectors of our culture will appear.

Pablo and Rosita are two siblings who live with their stepfather. He mistreats them, so they decide to run away. Rosita is unable to escape and is sold by her stepfather to child traffickers. Pablo begins searching for his sister, and along the way, he meets a group of street children and lives with them, desperate to find her. Father Oswaldo and Marcos work to dismantle this trafficking ring in the city of Huánuco.

A man wants to end the injustices and rampant crime in Chota. Therefore, he murders those he deems criminals, according to his absurd philosophy that one must kill to prevent others from doing so in the future.

Shor film in collaboration with UNESCO.

Yao's boyfriend (29) is murdered while she's delivering an order for her Chinese restaurant. Now alone, she has to run the restaurant while dealing with the indifference of the police, the municipality, the entire city, and the deceased's parents, who want to take over the business. While coping with grief and the mystery surrounding the crime, Yao also experiences a newfound freedom that leads her to seek a less solitary and more exciting life, trying to become increasingly involved with this new world she still has to discover.

For centuries, dried fish has been Norway's main export. The Lofoten Islands, above the Arctic Circle, were once synonymous with cod fishing. Fishermen, entrepreneurs, and artisans tell us the story of Henningsvær: a vibrant community in an extreme environment.

After collecting multiple records related to a painful family tragedy, Victor dives into the archive in search of answers about what really happened on January 26, 1983

The film tells the story of a young William Luna who, in his struggle to achieve success and realize his dream of becoming a singer, must leave Cusco, his hometown, and his loved ones and go to Lima, where he will experience the most risky and exciting adventures.

In the 21st century, a mestizo village in the Peruvian Andes celebrates an ancient Andean marriage rite called La Palpa, in which the entire village, for several days, relives the famous "Andean reciprocity" through complex rituals and intense community dances.

Documentary about the Kanas community in Cusco during carnival time, narrating the customs and experiences of the beginning of a Kanas couple's relationship.

Marlene lives in the house of the old woman she takes care of. When her friend disappears, she escapes every night to investigate. The clues lead her to night jobs in which she meets other women who, like her, have developed their gifts into superpowers.

Carlos, an ambitious businessman, tries to take over the companies of his young wife Liz's father. To achieve his goal, they will take a short trip to a cabin outside the city. Along the way, a stranger named Manuel appears who will captivate Liz, unleashing a war of jealousy, passion, and bloodshed.

An approach to the Peruvian director Armando Robles Godoy's way of seeing cinema. Images from "Espejismo" (1972), "La muralla verde" (1970), "Sonata Soledad" (1988) are commented by the director, complemented by the testimony of close friends, collaborators and critics of his work.

Internet cafés and slackers, not-so-innocent schoolgirls and amateur porn using Google Glass: things in Lima, the Peruvian capital, are pretty similar to contemporary reality, virtual or otherwise, in the rest of the world. Cinema meets digital psychedelia.

A 1940s cinematic newsreel about the immigration of 600 people from Europe to Peru, ready for productive work, who will become part of the national community and contribute to the country’s progress, considered the first expression of the Peruvian government’s immigration policy.

Iván is found unconscious with an injured eye in the jungle. As Meshia reunites him and his family, she is drawn into a foreboding journey. A disturbing look at Peru’s cultural contradictions shot on a coarse mix of analogue and digital formats.

Arturo is a 45-year-old tinterillo with a legal advisory office. One day Arturo meets Simon, a 30-year-old man who has the possibility of inheriting a large fortune. The problem ?: Simon has no right to inheritance because it is from a distant family member and the deceased did not leave a will. Arturo will ally himself with Antonia, an accountant with whom she shares an office, in order to claim the inheritance applying the most unexpected techniques, tactics and tricks.

Short film.

Miluska works performing musical shows for a tourist hotel in southern Peru, where she meets Don Mauro, a respectable gentleman who admires her. Carlos Reyes, Don Mauro's former business partner, offers Miluska a job performing at his hotel in another province. She accepts, unaware that she is about to fall into a trap from which she will find it difficult to escape.

Singer-songwriter Edwin Montoya and Ayacucho guitarist Oscar Figueroa have maintained an incredible friendship for over thirty years. During that time, they cultivated the true meaning of friendship together, sharing moments of musical creation, making history, experiencing the most challenging years, and maintaining the momentum of their partnership to create songs. After many years, they reunited to do what they love most: Ayacucho huayno music. In their many working sessions, they decided to write a song about themselves, and without losing their characteristic style, they composed a track titled "Eternamente" (Eternally), which nostalgically summarizes many years of dedication and contribution to Ayacucho's musical culture.

Ivana is walking through the park without realizing that she has dropped a bill. Carlos, sitting on a bench, notices this.

Emilia, a young widow, is traveling by river to Islandia with her young daughter, Irina, in the 1950s. Because the river is low, they are stranded in Santos, a small town in the Peruvian Amazon. The time they spend there is enough to change the course of their lives. Emilia is the first teacher the town has had. Fifty years later, her legacy remains.

Amores Gatos is an experimental tragicomedy about a wannabe-poet jack-of-all-trades dilettante that earns his living as a cat-sitter in NYC. On a raucous night on the job he manages to lose the same cat three times only to realize, when the owners unexpectedly return, that their cat has been replaced by another.

Man with fatal illness encourages wife and best friend to have fun together.

The diverse traditions of art in Peru over 3000 years.

Pedro is a quiet, hermetic and absolutely orderly guy. He gets up early to go to work serving the public. He also likes to cook, listen to music and go out to kill at 2 am. Gabriel Barba is the policeman in charge of looking for this unstoppable killer. However, he has problems that distract him: he is in love with Angela, a prostitute with whom he lives and whom he cannot touch, because she, in revenge for not fulfilling everything she promised him, does not allow him to do so. A dark and intense story, where satisfaction becomes the motive for violent events, occurring in a universe plagued by characters trapped in their own labyrinth.

Ten years have passed since the car accident that left a great void in the fans of Grupo Néctar, so we find ourselves with the story of Sarita, an old woman who despite Alzheimer's disease does not forget the promise made by her three grandchildren almost 10 years ago, a concert with Jhonny Orosco and his group Néctar in her house. Thus begins the adventure of Tato, Memo and Gianfranco, three grandsons willing to do anything not to disappoint or hurt the feelings of their beloved grandmother.

Nicolás is a well-known TV presenter and a frustrated writer who appears to lead a successful life, both professionally and romantically. However, just as he’s about to move into the wonderful new house he’s bought with his wife, he encounters an old soul who prompts him to question his monotonous life by recounting fantastic stories. Thanks to this strange new presence in his life and the rekindling of his old love for writing, Nicolás will search for true happiness.

Embracing a temporary visual impairment, a filmmaker immerses in her family’s 1990s home movies, composing a narrative that reimagines her father’s vision. They reconnect in the present, amid vulnerability, awkwardness and love: the story of a gardener and a one-eyed woman.

"Al amor se ha dicho" tells the story of Rafo and Mónica, two teenagers who are in the midst of sexual awakening and flowering, and feel that they have coincided. Video clip made for the song of the same name, by the Peruvian rock artist Rafo Ráez.

Rita discovers that she is the victim of a scam in the purchase of a piece of land and denounces the woman who manages the place. Without finding justice, Rita joins other scammed people to face the situation.

A mysterious place, older than time itself, appears every few years in different parts of the world. This place selects a group of individuals from various nationalities who need to change their lives and find their path. Lucía, a believer in the love of romantic movies, and Marco, a Madrid native incapable of commitment, will discover together the true meaning of love.

Andrés' story comes to an end, but many more are yet to begin.

Conversation with the painter Fernando de Szyszlo about his pictorial work.

In a time without the internet or social media, Mónica battled the pressures of fame while starring in the beloved children's show Sube a mi nube. Though the show brought joy to many, it slowly consumed her, as she struggled with the weight of her mental health in a world that didn't understand her pain.

Documentary production of the Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’y, audiovisual records that were recorded in different years of pilgrimage to the Sanctuary.

Terrified by what the arrival of the new millennium might bring, a kid takes extreme measures in order to protect his family from what's to come on the night of New Year's Eve, 1999.

Aga, an Inuit woman who is holding on to life in her deathbed undertakes a mysterious journey, travelling through different people who have close ties to the sea.

At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nélida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the body of water she considers her mother. A gold deposit valued at billions of dollars lies just beneath Nélida’s lakes and leads farmers and Latin America’s biggest gold producer into conflict.

Nernesio Chupaca, of Andean origin, travels to Argentina, a country experiencing extraordinary monetary inflation. In Buenos Aires, he meets two locals who try to swindle him with currency exchange and take advantage of his naiveté in a context of blatant economic speculation and dubious financial dealings.

Inés wants to tell Héctor that she is madly in love with him; however, she fears that her love will not be returned

Trovador seeks to write an immortal bolero, but the inspiration does not reach him. That's why the Devil appears to him and decides to make a pact: his desired bolero in exchange for his soul. Trovador accepts, and in his way will cross the Gitana, a woman with whom he will begin a passionate romance that perhaps serves him to write his song.

Short film.

Sol, a woman working as manager for the acting career of Alejandro, her partner of five years, will find herself in an uncomfortable dilemma when a secret from the past comes to light, testing the relationship once considered full of trust and understanding.

An elderly Cacataibo man and a young field linguist struggle to preserve the Cacataibo language and culture. Despite their differences and inequalities, a deep friendship blossoms between them.

A one-night reunion forces two former lovers to confront the only thing that sustained their love even after it broke down: the truth they never told each other.

June 24, 2001. Juan Javier Salazar covers the statue of Pizarro with a printed cloth from the Inca wall. A few years later the monument disappears from the Plaza Mayor.

The life of Saint Dominic Savio adapted to this era, narrating his experiences in three stages: at four, ten and fourteen years of age.

Two naked bodies. He wants to marry her, but she doesn't. She lies to him. She manipulates him. A camera spies on them in their intimacy. The one observing the scene is an executioner. Perhaps there are several executioners, or perhaps none. It may be that none of this is happening. They begin to suspect it. A circle between manipulation and performance.

Enrique is a 16-year-old boxing fighter who lives with his grandmother. When his estranged father decides to move to another city, he will take away the little support pension provided. In this process, Enrique will become aware of the harsh reality that he has to live but he will continue to fight for his dreams.

A drunkard carrying a mysterious suitcase ends up on an abandoned boat. There he encounters a strange character with a scar on his face who submits him to a terrible moral interrogation and discovers his true identity and the sin he kept so carefully.