Madeinusa
In Spanish with English subtitles • Like a South American version of The Wicker Man, this haunting feature debut from Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa depicts a clash of village and urban cultures. In an isolated village deep in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range, a naïve 14-year-old girl by the name of Madeinusa (pronounced Ma-den-OO-za) is preparing for the much-anticipated celebration of Holy Days, a time from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, during which the entire village becomes swept up in a religious fervor that does not recognize sin and accepts all behavior equally. Year after year, Madeinusa peforms this surreal pageant without question, while dreaming of a life beyond her dirt-floor hovel, far away from her devious younger sister and unsympathetic father. Everything is about to change, however, with the arrival of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima who finds himself accidentally stranded in the town on the eve of Holy Days. — K. Clement
Director: Claudia Llosa
Producer: Antonio Chavarrias, Claudia Llosa, José Maria Morales
Screenwriter: Claudia Llosa
Cinematographer: Raúl Pérez Ureta
Editor: Ernest Blasi
Cast: Magaly Solier, Yiliana Chong, Carlos Juan De La Torre, Juan Ubaldo Huamán
Print Source:
Film Movement
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