Undoubtedly, the biggest buzz title of Ventana Sur, the people who caught it at the world premiere on last week’s Toronto festival, Bolivian identity drama “Condor Musume” (“Rahija del Condor”), are exclusively shared with the diversity of film sales agents, Spanish Vendita film sales.
It was written, directed and produced by Alvaro Ormos Toriko of Empatia Cinema, a key figure in the Bolivian film scene “The Daughter of the Condor.”
Produced by Empatia Cinema, featuring Peruvian Ayala Producion and Uruguay’s Ramayor Cine, “Condor Musume” lives in On Andes with Clara (16), part of the Totraniqueture community.
The trailer incorporates many of the important plot beats. Clara begins with sin with a soft ancestor song asking the Pachamama, the Quechua of each mother, in search of the safe passage of the child into this world. On the radio, she is a mix of Kumbia and Peruan rocks, a hot topic in the nearest metropolitan city of Cochabamba. Her best friend tells her that she met a boy in town.
Unemployed, Clara leaves her high Andean village and becomes a singer of Chincha, and Anna finds her out and is convinced that the village is cursed due to Clara’s departure, the animals are dead, and the crops are dry.
The classic arriving story, based on impressive, often drastic reality, is the portrait of a teenage girl torn between her passion, music and her cultural and emotional roots, centered around a profession in which her adoptive mother and modern hospital services are disappearing, and her mother dies to lay a village.
Condor’s daughter
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The trailer captures the range of cinemas, from the giant waterfall to the valley below, from Clara’s dimly lit homes to the lights of Kochinbamba.
“In Indigenous communities, the Earth is a Pacha Mama, a woman. The mother who provides us and cares us.” “The midwife is a Pacha messenger. For Quechua, motherhood is closely linked to the Earth, time and the agricultural cycle. It is at the heart of the Bolivian ancestral tradition, despite adversity, which continues over time.”
“From the moment we saw ‘Daughter of the Condor’, we knew it had the kindness and depth that spoke of both something unusual, a singular place and universal longing. AlvaroOlmos Torrico has created intimate portraits of tradition, change and identity.
Bendita Film Sales has launched a conversation for sales in North America, France and Spain, Principal Luis Renart said. He continues to showcase the films at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where sales of Bendita films represent three selected films. Jose Arallon’s buzzy “Dance of the Living” is premiering with a new director. Anna Christina Barragan’s horizontal Latino title “The Ivy” (“Hiedra”) and Avelina Prat’s “The Portuguese House” were the Malaga premiere held in Spain for Filmax on May 9th, and won the best gross on May 9th. movie.
