A bounty hunter in the Andes loses himself to find something stranger than his prey.
In 1930, in the majesty of the Andean mountains, the long hunt of a bounty hunter gradually turns into a strange initiation quest.
Cinematography
Andean peaks shot like alien cathedrals—nature as antagonist.
Acting
Bohringer's crumbling resolve, frame by frame, is devastating.
Director
Jean-Pierre Grasset
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Grasset shot on location in Peru with a skeleton crew; altitude sickness plagued production, which Bohringer later said 'method-acted us into the film's atmosphere.'
The title refers to a Quechua concept of shadow-soul or double—Granville's hunt mirrors Andean beliefs about confronting one's alter ego in liminal spaces.
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