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Empatia Cine’s Alvaro Olmos Torrico Centers Quechua Midwives in Ventana Sur Title ‘The Condor Daughter’
The fiction feature, now in post production, is co-produced by Peru's Ayara Producciones and Uruguay's LaMayor Cine.
With an eye on indigenous communities and the women that dutifully anchor them, Bolivian multi-hyphenate Álvaro Olmos Torrico brings his introspective second feature, “ The Condor Daughter ” (“La hija cóndor”), to Montevideo for Ventana Sur ’s Copia Final showcase, touting the fiction prodction at this year’s market, which runs Dec. 2-6. This dogged journey spawns further exodus from the land of steady tradition, something the director tackles vigorously as the plot meets at the fragile intersection between honoring heritage and forging a singular modern existence, a familiar existential conundrum. Six years in the making due to the team’s extensive research of Quechua midwife circles, the film proves a tender study of youth and the extraordinary weight of self-realization via sound, which stands as a form of rebellion, expression, a cure for maladies and a call home.
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