La Paz

(La Paz)
Santiago Loza | Drama, Fiction

2012 | 72 minutes | Argentina, Bolivia

Liso returns to live with his parents after a stay at a psychiatric institution and strikes a relationship of mutual complicity with Sonia, the Bolivian maid.

Synopsis

Liso, an upper middle-class young man, has just left a psychiatric institution and returns to live with his parents who treat him like a child. A relationship of mutual complicity with Sonia, the Bolivian maid, arises, while she takes care of him. Liso tries to recover old loves, but everything appears to be broken. Sonia and her grandmother are his only points of balance.

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Main credits

Loza, Santiago (film director)
Loza, Santiago (screenwriter)
Loza, Santiago (film producer)
Eibuszyc, Iván (film producer)
Rodríguez, Lisandro (actor)
Strenitz, Andrea (actor)
Batallanos Michel, Fidelia (actor)
Felix, Ricardo (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Iván Fund; editing, Lorena Moriconi, Valeria Otheguy; music, Javier Ntaca.


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Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival; BAFICI - Best Film

DIRECTOR: Santiago Loza

NATIONALITY: Argentina, Bolivia

YEAR: 2012

GENRE: Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

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

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AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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