About Everything There Is to Know

(De todas las cosas que se han de saber)
Sofía Velázquez | Documentary

2021 | 92 minutes | Peru

An exploration of the work of César Vallejo—one of the most important Latin American authors of the 20th century — and his inspirational town.

Synopsis

About Everything There Is to Know was shot in Santiago de Chuco, an Andean town in northern Peru, where the writer César Vallejo—one of the most important Latin American authors of the 20th century—was born and raised. The isolated town was also the main setting for the writer’s poems.

Using the pretense of a casting call, filmmaker Sofia Velázquez records first-person tales to portray the memories of different people and, through them, that of an entire town.

In the middle of the Peruvian highlands, two children are sitting on a grave. A woman knits and another cooks. An agricultural engineer dances while dreaming of hybridizing avocados with oranges. Everyone recites César Vallejo: his verses -dark, truculent, combative- inhabit with unforeseen force these encounters.

Informed by the legacy and aura of the literary icon, the film manages to interrogate with subtlety and emotion the tensions between oral and written tradition, avant garde literature and popular culture.

Reviews

“An endearing film about fortuitous encounters informed by the legacy and aura of a literary icon.” – Cinema Tropical

“A charming and very much alive film.” – Steve Kopian, Unseen Films

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Festivals

Mar del Plata Film Festival - Special Jury Mention; Lima Film Week - Main Award; DocBahíaBlanca International Film Festival - APRESCI Award for Best Documentary; Málaga Film Festival; Neighboring Scenes NY

DIRECTOR: Sofía Velázquez

NATIONALITY: Peru

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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