Jorge leaves Lima's suburbs, his family, the shared house and the totally wrecked motorcycle taxi to seek his fortune in the Andes, at La Rinconada, the highest elevation inhabited city in the world. Here he rejoins his cousin, who's been working there for years, with whom he shares a metal sheet hut. Jorge immediately finds a job and his first day becomes a sort of initiation that ends in a cellar in the middle of the night, among pile of beer and many other miners. Henceforth the movie abandons the protagonist to focus on other characters living in La Rinconada.
Annibale trades in gold and is looking for new girls for his club.
Senna's been working in a cellar since many years and wants to change her life.
Everyday life and mythopoesis mingle a place which is the epitome of contemporary gold rush.

Screenplay
Mathieu Granier, Matteo Tortone
Director of photography
Patrick Tresch
Original Music
Ivan Pisino
Sound
Jean-Baptiste Madry
Altri credits

Francesca Cirilli (Color correction); Andrea Balice e Ladoysca Romero (ricerche e mediazione); Produzione Spinosa, Wendigo Films (sviluppo del progetto); Morena Terranova (assistente montaggio)

Cast and characters

José Luis Nazario Campos, Damian Segundo Vospey, Maximiliana Campos Guzman, Juan José Nazario Campos, Juan Pedro Nazario Campos, Cristian Nazario Campos, Katerine Campos, Carla Fernanda Napoleon Vasquez

Organizzatore generale
Margot Mecca
Executive production
Margot Mecca, Nadège Labé
Production
Wendigo Films (Nadège Labé & Alexis Taillant), Malfé Film (Margot Mecca), C-SIDE Production (Benjamin Poumey)
con il sostegno di Film Commission Torino Piemonte - Piemonte Doc Film Fund - sviluppo luglio 2015); CNC aide à l’écriture; CNC aide au developpement; PROCIREP ANGOA aide au developpement; IBERMEDIA desarollo; CNC Aide aux Cinémas du Monde; MIBAC Sostengo alle coproduzioni internazionali; CinéForom; OFC
Last update: 06 October 2023