Time has gotten tired
In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20257/10
Living a subsistence existence almost 10,000 feet into the Central Andes, the ageing llama tending “Virginio” (José Calcina) and his wife “Sisa” (Luisa Quispe) are beginning to struggle. It hasn’t rained for very long time and the local wells have long-since run dry. It is “Sisa” who is charged with fetching the water, but with the journey to the lake now really beyond her strengths, the community are going to have to combine their resources if they are to water both their herds and themselves - or perhaps consider relocating to the towns where their skills would be redundant. This couple have a son, but he left to go to the city and they never see him. They do, however, see their grandson “Clever” (Santos Choque) now and again, but they always believe his visits are more out of duty than anything else. It is on one such visit that “Virginio” starts to show signs of sickness. He collapses whilst managing their flock and then resolutely refuses to consult an expensive physician. Indeed, he begins to think of his next life beyond the lake and of his wife having to accompany him. It’s this clash of cultures and attitudes that pitches the two generations into a conflict that is gently
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Cast
- José CalcinaVirginio
- Luisa QuispeSisa
- Santos ChoqueClever
- Félix TiconaEstanis
- Placide AliEugenia
- Candelaria QuispeElena
- René CalcinaMototarista
- René PérezCallawaya
- Jorge Yucra NogalesDoctor
- Juan Carlos CalcinaConductor Camión
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- Alejandro Loayza GrisiDirector
- Alejandro Loayza GrisiScreenplay
- Bárbara ÁlvarezDirector of Photography
- Cergio PrudencioOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando EpsteinEditor
- Federico MoreiraProducer
- Santiago Loayza GrisiProducer
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