Return to Bolivia

Return to Bolivia

Theatrical poster
Directed by Mariano Raffo
Produced by Marina Boolls
Felicitas Raffo
Written by Mariano Raffo
Starring Janeth Cuiza
Brian Quispe Cuiza
Camila Quispe Cuiza
Jhoselyn Quispe Cuiza
David Quispe
Music by Zelmar Garín
Cinematography Mariano Raffo
Edited by Marina Boolls
Distributed by Pelela cine-CEPA
Release dates
  • October 2008 (2008-10) (Tucumán Cine)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Aymara

Return to Bolivia is a 2008 Argentine film directed by Mariano Raffo,[1] with the script in collaboration with Marina Boolls.

The film was nominated for twenty-two awards and won four of them.

Plot

Recounts the journey to their country of origin of a Bolivian family who lives in Liniers, Buenos Aires, with a greengrocer. Related as a road-movie, the camera follows a pair of Bolivians with their three children, traveling to the edge of the boundary between Jujuy Province and Tarija, and then go to a village in the highlands between Oruro and La Paz.

Return to Bolivia is an auteur documentary film that tells the story of a Bolivian family in Buenos Aires that decides to return to Bolivia. The documentary is filmed in a verite style and it gives a personal account of the subject of immigration, allowing the characters to lead the story. The narrative is based on universal values using a clear style that brings the story very close to fiction.[2]

Production

Shot with limited resources and a minimal film crew that included the director and the film's producer and soundman, Mariana Boolls. This production won several international awards, including the award for Best Foreign Film Festival Icaro XI of Guatemala and the Best Documentary Festival Gualeguaychú. It received positive reviews, like the Buenos Aires Herald's critic:

(...)the intelligent narrative and the skilful editing make Return to Bolivia a remarkable documentary, not just from a technical point of view. Indeed, Return to Bolivia, more than just a camera following the travails of a group of people, is about life and death, death and life, the exploration of which is never easy.[3]

Cast

Awards

Country Year Festival
Argentina 2009 Best Documentary del Festival de Gualeguaychú
Guatemala 2008 Best Documentary Extranjero del XI Festival Icaro de Guatemala
Argentina 2008 Prize Best Image Festival de Tucuman Cine.
Argentina 2009 First Prize Zona Centro of Festival ARAN de Neuquen.
Argentina 2009 Grand Prize Federal Amonite (compartido) del Festival ARAN de Neuquen

References


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