Madeinusa


Winner of the prestigious FIPRESCI Prize, Claudia Llosa’s debut feature follows Madeinusa, a shy teenage girl living in a remote indigenous village in the Peruvian Andes. It is the custom in her town that from Good Friday through Easter Sunday that “sin does not exist” and villagers engage in all types of debauchery. It is during this decadent weekend that Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, accidentally comes to town. The town greets him with curiosity and ire, imprisoning him out of fear that he will interfere with the festivities. But Madeinusa, ever curious about things from the big city, is drawn to him, and her fate begins to turn unexpectedly as she awakens to new experiences of love, lust and sexuality.
Cast
- Magaly Solier
- Carlos de la Torres
- Yiliana Chong
- Ubaldo Huamán
- Melvin Quijada
DVD Features
Bonus short: Fallen Art, directed by Tomek Baginski
Discs: 1
- "That Llosa has never directed for the camera before is remarkable considering how accomplished the film is."
- "Magical! Enriched with countless eerie details!"
- "Very accomplished for a debut feature...a coming of age drama with a novel twist, which offers insight into a world of tradition rarely considered by filmmakers!"
Gallery
Awards & Recognition
Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival
Best Latin American Feature
Mar del Plata Film Festival
Best Original Screenplay
Havana Int'l Film Festival
Best Cinematography
Cine Ceará Festival
Best Screenplay
Cine Ceará Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Seattle Int'l Film Festival
Edinburgh Int'l Film Festival
Helsinki Int'l Film Festival
Denver Film Festival
Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival
Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival
Portland Int'l Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Cine Las Americas Film Festival
Minneapolis St. Paul Int'l Film Festival
Rochester Foreign Film Festival
Maine Int'l Film Festival
Vistas Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
Providence Latin American Film Festival
Int'l Hispanic Film Festival
Latino Community Association
Miami Int'l Film Festival
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