Through rocks and clouds / Raíz
Peru-Chile, 83′, 2024
age recommendation: 8+
original language: Quechua, Spanish
Feliciano, an 8-year-old alpaca herder, feels euphoric: Peru has a chance to qualify for the World Cup. Meanwhile the pressure of a mining company puts Feliciano’s village at risk and threatens his world and his dreams.
Franco García Becerra
He was born in Cusco in 1977. He made his feature film debut with Southern Winds Southern Winds (2018), which premiered at the Lima Film Festival (Peru) and was also selected for the Dominican Global Film Festival, the Chicago Latino Film Festival, the Cine de las Américas Film Festival, among others. With his short film Indie, Indie he won the Peruvian Short Film Award in 2008. His next short film, Lima Lima (2011), received the Best Short Film and Best Screenplay Awards from the Ministry of Culture of Peru in 2011 and won Best Short Film at the Peruvian Film Festival in Paris in 2013.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Franco García Becerra
- screenplay: Annemarie Gunkel, Alicia Quispe
- cinematography: Johan Carrasco
- editing: Franco García Becerra, Juan Francisco González
- music: Daniel Castro
- sound: Amador Del Solar
- cast: Nely Huayta, Richard Taipe, José Merma, Rubén Huillca
- producers: Diego Sarmiento, Jorge Constantino, Annemarie Gunkel, Franco García Becerra
- production companies: Desfase Films, Mestizo Studios, Luna Roja Relatos Audiovisuales, Wayquicha Cine
Filmography
- Southern Winds (2018)
- Lima (2011)
- Indie (2008)
English 
Greek