Utama
Sign in to saveUtama is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi in his directorial debut film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022 and was released in French theaters on May 11, 2022. It was selected as the Bolivian entry for the 95th Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film award.
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7.2In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.
Released: 2022-05-1188 minDir: Alejandro Loayza GrisiDrama
Cast
- José Calcina as Virginio
- Luisa Quispe as Sisa
- Santos Choque as Clever
- Félix Ticona as Estanis
- Placide Ali as Eugenia
- Candelaria Quispe as Elena
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Key dates
- Published
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Spanish
- Duration
- +88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 148438
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Utama is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi in his directorial debut film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022 and was released in French theaters on May 11, 2022. It was selected as the Bolivian entry for the 95th Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film award.
== Plot == An elderly Quechua-speaking couple lives in the Altiplano, the arid high plateau of the Andes, and the sick Virginio, knowing that he is about to die, spends his last days hiding this condition from his wife Sisa. A long life together has marked the life of the Quechua couple.