EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO (THE GREAT MOVEMENT)
2021, Bolivia/Qatar/France/Switzerland
Kiro Russo
Elder and two other workers join the miners’ protests in La Paz and drift through the city on the lookout for jobs and beer. A market woman thinks she recognises Elder as a godchild and finds him work. When he falls ill, she finds him a shaman (or is it a hermit?) and his feverish hallucinations also infect the 16 mm film material. Mysterious interpretations compete with sober observations in this hypnotic cinematic experience, an urban symphony for La Paz – the least Europeanised city in Latin America, according to Kiro Russo.
Section: Worldwide Visions
Country: Bolivia/Qatar/France/Switzerland
Director: Kiro Russo
Language: Spanish originval version with English subtitles
Running time: 85min
DCP
followed by Q&A with director Kiro Russo