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Song Without a Name

2020 · 97 min

A quietly devastating plunge into a mother's desperate search, steeped in political unease and raw emotional weight.

Directed by
Melina León
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas
Overview
Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story.

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Directed by
Melina León
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • justice
  • corruption
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Melina León
Written by
Michael White, Melina León
Starring
Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Maykol Hernández, Ruth Armas, Lidia Quispe, Bruno Odar, Víctor Prada
Music
Pauchi Sasaki
Cinematography
Inti Briones
Runtime
97 min
Country
Spain, Peru, United States of America, Chile, Switzerland
Languages
Quechua, Spanish

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