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    Altiplano

    2009     Drama    
    Belgium/Germany/Netherlands
    1h 49min
    Original lang: French, English, Spanish

    War photographer Grace, devastated by 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. The villagers turn their rage on the foreign doctors, and in the ensuing riot Max is killed. Saturnina takes drastic measures to protest against the endless violations towards her people and their land. Grace sets out on a journey of mourning to the place of Max's death. ALTIPLANO is a lyrical and probing film about our divided but inextricably linked world.

    Directed byPeter Brosens, Jessica Hope Woodworth
    Written byJessica Hope Woodworth, Peter Brosens
    CompanyFirst Run FeaturesFirst Run FeaturesFirst Run Features

    Starring

    Magaly Solier
    Jasmin Tabatabai
    Olivier Gourmet
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