Synopsis : "The Peruvian Andes. Andean shepherdess Margarita finds Lautaro, a dying Chilean soldier who has fled from a battle. She takes him home and nurses him. When he finds this out, her father decides to hide him, putting his family at risk. His only condition is that the soldier must leave when he recovers. Over time and despite the linguistic differences, the shepherdess and the soldier establish an intimate relationship. When he is discovered, the Chilean is taken prisoner but his life is spared as the shepherdess is expecting his child. "
Director :
Rómulo Sulca
Screenplay :
Rómulo Sulca
DOP :
Sara Brusciano
Editor :
Maricet Sancristóbal
Cast :
Maribel Baldeon Canchari, Juan Cano Ramirez, Agustina Alarcon, Felix Poma
Andean Quechua filmmaker. Graduate in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú, Master's Degree in Creative Writing from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV) Talent Campus Buenos Aires (2013). He directed the short films "Osmany" (2017), "Rimas de carreo" (2018) and "Sara" (2019), winners of the DAFO short film award and selected in numerous international festivals. With the documentary "Teloneras" (2020) he won the 'Audience Award for Best Peruvian Film' at the Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine. His fiction debut feature "Érase una vez en los Andes" (2023) was made with funding from DAFO and Programa Ibermedia.