Director:
Toshifumi Matsushita
Run Time: 104 minutes
Country: BOLIVIA, JAPAN
Year: 2008
Toshifumi Matsushita
Run Time: 104 minutes
Country: BOLIVIA, JAPAN
Year: 2008
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Pachamama (El regalo de la Pachamama)
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The lives of the Quechua, an indigenous people who live on Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni (Salt Lake), are beautifully rendered in this moving film. PACHAMAMA, is filled with lyrical cinematography that reveals this gorgeous but harsh landscape, tells the story of a 13-year-old boy, Kunturi, who lives with his family on a farm on the salt lake. Kunturi’s father earns his livelihood by mining salt and then transporting it to rural villages using a herd of llamas. Kunturi’s life begins to change when his grandmother dies and he accompanies his father on the “Ruta de la Sal” – The Salt Route. They travel between tiny Andean villages untouched by modernity as they trade blocks of salt for other products. This is a coming-of-age story in which Kunturi’s journey helps him to understand the harsh beauty of the world, as well as the true nature of the pachamama, which translates as “mother universe” in his native religion. The world of the Quechua, who are descended from the Incas, seems to exist in another time and place, far from the vicissitudes of today’s global economy. Yet as the film shows, technology and modern life are steadily encroaching on the ancient rhythms of this way of life. (In Quechua with English subtitles) – L.C.
| Producer | Keiko Komori |
| Screenplay | Toshifumi Matsushita |
| Cinematography | Gustavo Soto |
| Editing | Toshifumi Matsushita |
| Music | Luzumila Carpio |
| Principal Cast | Christian Huaygua, Fanny Mosques, Francisco Gutierrez, Luis Mamani |
| Director Bio | Born in Kakagawa, Japan in 1950, Toshifumi Matsushita studied law at Doshisha University and worked as an assistant producer at the Shouchiku Film Studio in Kyoto. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1979 to study filmmaking at NYU. |
| Select Filmography | PACHAMAMA (2008) |
| Print Source |
Dolphin Productions Toshifumi Matsushita dolphin-film@earthlink.net |
Past Screenings
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 4:40 PMMonday, March 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM
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