Alicia en el país

A patient, quietly gruelling immersion in a child's solitary endurance across a harsh landscape, felt more as sensation than story.

Directed by

Esteban Larraín

Starring

Alicia Esquivel

Overview

Alicia en el país tells the real story that took place in 2004, of a thirteen year old Bolivian girl who undertook a singular journey: to walk to the town of San Pedro de Atacama, in the Chilean altiplano, to look for work. It was 180 kilometers between desert, snow and salt flats, with the purpose of helping her family and responding to an ancient Quechua tradition, where the entrance to adulthood implies making a long journey.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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