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War photographer Grace, devastated after a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max, is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. Nearby, the villagers of Turubamba succumb to illnesses caused by a mercury spill from a local mine. Saturnina, a young woman in Turubamba, loses her fiancé to the contamination. Ignorant of its true source, the villagers turn their rage on the foreign doctors, and in the ensuing riot Max is killed. Grace sets out on a journey of mourning to the place of Max’s death. Saturnina takes drastic measures to protest against the endless violations towards her people and her land. Grace and Saturnina’s destinies merge. ALTIPLANO is a lyrical and probing film about our divided but inextricably linked world.
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 detailed information
| status |
completed |
| type |
fiction (features) |
| title |
Altiplano |
| original title |
Altiplano |
| director |
Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth |
| screenplay |
Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth |
| photography |
Francisco Gozon |
| editing |
Nico Leunen |
| sound |
Michel Schöpping |
| music |
Michel Schöpping |
| cast |
Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, |
| other |
Associate Producer: Daniel Rò (Lima) |
| flemish producer |
Peter Brosens |
| supported by |
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), CFWB, Wallimage, ING, Tax Shelter, National Lottery, MDM, MBB, NFF, EURIMAGES, MEDIA, ZDF/ARTE, VRT/Canvas, Kodak,Venice Film Festival, Cinemart, SACD |
| original version |
Spanish, English, French, Quechua, Persian |
| running time |
109' |
| format |
35mm, 1:1.85, Dolby Digital, Colour |
| year of production |
2009 |
| release |
Autumn 2009 |
| contact |
Bo Films
Rue du Château-Ferme 12
5522 Falaën
Belgium
082/699869
0473/661460
peter@casabo.be |
| sales |
Meridiana Films
20 Arthur Road
N7 6DR London
UK
T 44-20-77003088
F 44-20-77003088
helen@meridianafilms.com
www.meridianafilms.com |
| website |
www.altiplano.info |
| festivals |
2009: Festival du Film Autrans (FR) /
2010: Guangzhou International Documentary Festival (CN) /
2009: Bangkok International Film Festival (TH) / Cairo International Film Festival (EG) / Canberra International Film Festival (AU) / Cannes International Film Festival (FR) / Festival de Lima - Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine (PE) / Festival Do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (BR) / Festival du Film Européen de Virton (BE) / Filmfestival der Menschenrechte (BE) / Films from the South, Oslo (NO) / Flanders International Film Festival Ghent (BE) / Helsinki International Film Festival (FI) / International Film Festival Bratislava (SK) / Latijns-Amerikaans Film Festival Vlaanderen (BE) / Mumbai International Film Festival (IN) / Panorama of European Cinema (GR) / Säo Paulo International Film Festival (BR) / Seoul International Film Festival (KR) / Stockholm International Film Festival (SE) / Sydney Film Festival (AU) / Tallin Black Nights Film Festival (EE) |
| awards |
2009: Grand Prix, Special Golden Kinnaree Award for Environmental Awareness (Bangkok International Film Festival) / 2009: Prix de la ville de Virton (Festival du Film Européen de Virton) |
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