The Peruvian Film Industry
Peru really started making its own films in the late 1970s, when various producers and directors got together and, with the help of distributors, managed to set up a domestically oriented production industry. Getting it off the ground required some unusual steps, one of which made it obligatory to distribute and show all Peruvian-made films for eighteen months after release. This means that a short (15-20min) film is often shown before the full-length feature. The bureaucracy involved in getting films to the screen has ensured that a lot of them are thematically (and ideologically) unsound as well as often pretty poor technically. In recent years a few cinema clubs have sprung up around Lima, giving audiences a chance to become more critical and to see less commercially oriented films. Two promising young Peruvian directors are Francisco Lombardi and Chicho Duran , who have both made interesting feature films dealing with important sociological and political issues. Well worth seeing if you get the chance are Maruja en el Infierno, by Lombardi and Ojos de Perro and Malabrigo, and most recently, Coraje, about the life of Moyano, all by Duran. Lombardi's film, La Boca del Lobo ( The Mouth of the Wolf), is an interesting Spanish co-production attempting, without taking sides, to deal with the brutality and ideology surrounding terrorism in Peru and his No Se Lo Digas a Nadie is also very good. Also worth looking out for is Chico Duran's powerful film Alias la Gringa - the true story of a Peruvian bankrobber. Nicknamed La Gringa because of his blonde hair and blue eyes, he was a member of the first gang of bankrobbers in Peru to use machine guns, and was arrested and imprisoned for seventeen years. The film deals principally with his real-life experiences in a Peruvian jail. Another new director worth looking out for is Cusi Barrios , whose first feature film, La Capyura del Siglo ( The Capture of the Century), deals with the capture of Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path, and has been critically acclaimed throughout Peru.
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