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7.1/10 • 55

2022-05-111h 28m

Drama

Time has gotten tired

In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.

Directors
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Editors
Fernando Epstein

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  1. José Calcina

    José Calcina

    Virginio

  2. Luisa Quispe

    Luisa Quispe

    Sisa

  3. Santos Choque

    Santos Choque

    Clever

  4. Félix Ticona

    Félix Ticona

    Estanis

  5. Placide Ali

    Placide Ali

    Eugenia

  6. Candelaria Quispe

    Candelaria Quispe

    Elena

  7. René Calcina

    René Calcina

    Mototarista

  8. René Pérez

    René Pérez

    Callawaya

  9. Jorge Yucra Nogales

    Jorge Yucra Nogales

    Doctor

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CinemaSerf

Jul 19, 2025

7/10

Living a subsistence existence almost 10,000 feet into the Central Andes, the ageing llama tending “Virginio” (José Calcina) and his wife “Sisa” (Luisa Quispe) are beginning to struggle. It hasn’t rained for very long time and the local wells have long-since run dry. It is “Sisa” who is charged with fetching the water, but with the journey to the lake now really beyond her strengths, the community are going to have to combine their resources if they are to water both their herds and themselves - or perhaps consider relocating to the towns where their skills would be redundant. This couple have a son, but he left to go to the city and they never see him. They do, however, see their grandson “Clever” (Santos Choque) now and again, but they always believe his visits are more out of duty than anything else. It is on one such visit that “Virginio” starts to show signs of sickness. He collapses whilst managing their flock and then resolutely refuses to consult an expensive physician. Indeed, he begins to think of his next life beyond the lake and of his wife having to accompany him. It’s this clash of cultures and attitudes that pitches the two generations into a conflict that is gently and stubbornly, but lovingly, played out. The photography of some beautifully pristine locations effectively illustrates the loneliness and isolation of their homeland, but it also shows us their satisfaction with their simple lives where nothing much ever changes from year to year except, crucially, the climate. They can hear the rumbles of thunder over the snow-capped mountaintops, but there is no rain for them as the wind blows relentlessly. It’s a gentle observation of a traditional way of life and of love that is steadily, but certainly, dying out.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
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Revenue
$52,793.00
Keywords
homelandbolivia