Estonian premiere
Utama
Local title
Utama
Original title
Utama
Director
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Country
Bolivia, Uruguay, France
Year
2022
In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily routine for years. When an uncommonly long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the passage of time. Everything is precipitated by the arrival of their grandson Clever, who comes to visit with news.
In Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s astonishing feature debut, the three of them will face, each in their own way, the environment, the necessity for change, and the meaning of life itself.
"Utama" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize.
Director
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Screenwriter
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Cast
José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe
Producer
Marcos Loayza, Federico Moreira, Santiago Loayza Grisi
DoP
Barbara Alvarez
Editor
Fernando Epstein
Composer
Cergio Prudencio
Production
Alma Films, La Mayor Cine
World sales
Alpha Violet
Runtime
Language
Spanish, Quechua
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Sundance, Istanbul, London, Busan
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