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Utama

2022 · 88 min

A patient, quietly devastating look at a life ending in a harsh, beautiful land, heavy with silence and unspoken love.

Directed by
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Genres
Drama
Starring
José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque
Tagline
Time has gotten tired
Overview
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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Directed by
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Genres
Drama
Starring
José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • trauma
    • grief
    • aging
    • nature
    Places
    • countryside
    • wilderness
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Alejandro Loayza Grisi
    Written by
    Alejandro Loayza Grisi
    Starring
    José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque, Félix Ticona, Placide Ali, Candelaria Quispe, René Calcina, René Pérez
    Music
    Cergio Prudencio
    Cinematography
    Bárbara Álvarez
    Runtime
    88 min
    Country
    Bolivia, France, Uruguay
    Languages
    Quechua, Spanish

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