Altiplano

War photographer Grace, devastated after a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max, is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. Nearby, the villagers of Turubamba succumb to illnesses caused by a mercury spill from a local mine. Saturnina, a young woman in Turubamba, loses her fiancé to the contamination. Ignorant of its true source, the villagers turn their rage on the foreign doctors, and in the ensuing riot Max is killed. Grace sets out on a journey of mourning to the place of Max s death. Saturnina takes drastic measures to protest against the endless violations towards her people and her land. Grace and Saturnina s destinies merge. ALTIPLANO is a lyrical and probing film about our divided but inextricably linked world. Written by Hannelore Goossens Altiplano is a 2009 Spanish-language Drama movie starring Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Arturo Anacarino Zarate, Malku Choquehuillca, Edgar Condori and Rodolfo Rodríguez. Altiplano was Produced by Heino Deckert and Ma.ja.de Fiction. The movie is written and directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth. Imagine Film Distribution acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Altiplano was released on 25th November 2009 in Spanish,Quechua,English,French and Persian languages and takes a screen time of 109 minutes. Cinematography was done by Francisco G zon and editing by Nico Leunen
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