In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily routine for years.
When an uncommonly long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the passage of time.
Everything changes by the arrival of their grandson Clever, who comes to visit with news.
In Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s astonishing feature debut, the three of them will face, each in their own way, the environment, the necessity for change, and the meaning of life itself.
This film is showing as part of the Chiltern Film Society season. Showings are open to non-members. Seating is unreserved – simply purchase a ticket and choose your seat when you arrive.
“It casts a spell …. of life and death and eternal returns and never-ending struggles, and the rest we can try to take when the work is done for the day”
In Quechua Spanish
with English subtitles
