Echo of the Mountain takes a look at the life and work of Santos de la Torre, a great Huichol artist who, like his people, lives in oblivion. Despite having made a great mural for the metro station Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre, Santos lives isolated and ignored in his country. This documentary follows his pilgrimage to Wirikuta, where he asks gods for permission to make a new mural; his journey across 385 miles of the Peyote Route, and Santos's creative process during the making of a new mural which aims to illustrate the history, mythology and religious traditions of the Huichol people.
Cinematography
The Peyote Route footage feels like walking through someone's soul.
Direction
Echevarría lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Nicolás Echevarría
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Santos's 1997 Louvre metro mural spans 300 square meters and took 8 years to complete—yet he was never invited to its unveiling.
The Huichol are one of Mexico's last remaining indigenous peoples to resist conversion and modernization; their peyote pilgrimages are increasingly threatened by mining concessions.
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