A road worker named for an Inca king hunts his own namesake's ghost gold in the clouds.
Atahualpa works on the construction of a road that will cross the Llanganates Mountain Range, where it is said that the treasure of Inca Atahualpa was hidden in 1533. One night, Atahualpa is the guide of an expedition that goes in search of the treasure at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cinematography
Llanganates peaks shot like they're hiding something alive.
Production
Ecuadorian crew filming on sacred ground with genuine respect.
Director
José María Avilés
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Llanganates treasure is Ecuador's El Dorado—legally protected, spiritually forbidden, and genuinely searched for annually.
Director Avilés is a documentarian; this is his fiction debut, shot where his grandfather's generation built actual roads.
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