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‘Queens’ Director Klaudia Reynicke on Making a Film About Peru’s Political History: ‘People Are Still Very Traumatized’
When working together on “Reinas,” a period piece set in 1992 Peru, director Klaudia Reynicke had to confront the country’s tense political climate.
The film is Switzerland’s entry in the Oscars International Feature race and follows two sisters (Abril Gjurinovic and Luana Vega) and their family who find themselves torn between leaving their home country and staying after their absent father, Carlos (Gonzalo Molina), re-enters their lives. In transporting the audience back to the 1990s, Reynicke and Romero employed a mix of handheld and fixed camera angles to try and avoid conventional language that viewers may associate with period pieces. Reynicke acknowledges how returning to Peru after so many years made her notice more unique features, adding specificity to her storytelling.
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