Sebastian Mamani returns to his Aymara community from which he was expelled long ago. He is carrying the great mask of death, he must dance until he died, in a kind of atonement for the sins that caused his exile and as a way to be reborn in his lost cultural identity.
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| Original Title | La nación clandestina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| German Title | Die geheime Nation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| French Title | La nation clandestine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Titles | La nazione clandestina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Directed by | Jorge Sanjines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Available Formats | Blu-ray, DCP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Screenplay | Jorge Sanjinés | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Film Editing | Jorge Sanjinés | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Cergio Prudencio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cinematography | Rafaél Flores, Delfina Mamani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound | Juan Guarani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Production | Beatriz Palacios, Grupo Ukamau, La Paz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runtime | 128 Min. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Spanisch, Aymara/d + f + e | ||||||||||||||||||||
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San Sebastián International Film Festival
Golden Seashell Best Film 1989
«Der Spielfilm des grossen bolvianischen Regisseurs Jorge Sanjinés ist ein Portrait und zugleich eine Selbstartikulation alter indianischer Kultur.»
Tagesspiegel Berlin
«In einer langen Rückblende wird die Genese erzählt, sehr behutsam, sehr eindringlich, mit einer wie dokumentarisch erscheinenden Authenzität.»
Michael Kötz
«Sanjinés gelingt es, den politischen Diskurs mit einem eindringlichen und faszinierenden Ansatz über Kultur und Identität zu verbinden.»
Pardo News
«Ein Film mit immenser Kraft, voll mit Anregungen und der Herausforderung, über vieles nachzudenken.»
Revista Domingo
«Wir glauben, dass politischer Kampf und ein starkes Bewusstsein der kulturellen Identität nicht unbedingt identisch sind, sondern dass das Bewusstsein oft durch politische Vorschläge von aussen unterwandert wird. Die können sehr wohl ihren Beitrag leisten zu einem revolutionären Prozess, aber sie dürfen den eigenen revolutionären Weg nicht entstellen.»
Jorge Sanjinés
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