In the Andes, a Belgian doctor and his photojournalist wife become ensnared in a native tribe's struggle with a mining company.
Cinematography
Stunning high-altitude landscapes that become characters themselves.
Acting
Magaly Solier's devastating stillness as Saturnina.
Direction
Brosens and Woodworth's unflinching docu-fiction hybrid approach.
Director
Peter Brosens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The directors spent years in Peruvian mining communities; Saturnina's mercury blindness mirrors real epidemic cases in the region.
The Quechua dialogue was left unsubtitled in initial releases to force audiences into the same disorientation as the Belgian characters.
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