The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.
Keywords
- Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
- Dutch documentaries
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Les René du Cinéma (ex-Magritte)
- Portraits of empowered women
- Women's Rights
Actors
- Tanit Lidia Coquiche Cenepo
- Ismael Vasquez Colchado
- Yossimar Vietto Omnia
- Fiorella J. Aquila
Director
- Bénédicte Liénard
- Mary Jimenez
Documentary
1h 21min
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The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.
The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Bénédicte Liénard
Director
Mary Jimenez
Cast
Tanit Lidia Coquiche Cenepo
Cast
Ismael Vasquez Colchado
Cast
Yossimar Vietto Omnia
Cast
Fiorella J. Aquila