Sun and Daughter
(Cuidando al sol)
Catalina Razzini | Drama, Fiction
2022 | 84 minutes | Bolivia, Spain, Germany
Ten-year-old Lucía builds her daily in a small village near Lake Titicaca around the eternal wait for her father's return.
Synopsis
Ten-year-old Lucía’s family lives in the Island of the Sun (Isla del Sol) in the middle of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia; a place that’s as mystical as it is picturesque. When her father breaks from their routine one morning and leaves for the city to make money, Lucía finds it difficult to cope with his absence, building her daily life around the expectations of their reunion.
After school, Lucía and her younger sister Maribel weave Totora reeds into figurines that her mother sells to numerous tourists. But the rhythm of life on the island and the passage of time help her realize her father is no longer the person she longed to have back. She must find her own path. Lucía is thinking of going to the city herself, but she has no money. It’s time she took her destiny into her own hands.
With a subtle commentary on environmental tourism and the exploitation of “the other” that goes two-way, Catalina Razzini’s touching rural tale masterfully captures the landscape of Isla del Sol.
Reviews
“Catalina Razzini wants to show us the daily life of this indigenous family through the eyes and experiences of Lucía. Her knowledge of what she tells and her great field work elevate the film to a higher level.” — Daniel Borrego Escot, Somos Cine
“"Sun and Daughter's" capacity for formal seduction derives from the setting of the story: an island in Lake Titicaca. The choice of these locations entails the risk of the film degenerating into a tourist souvenir like the ones the protagonists of the film sell to visitors; but the director manages to avoid it by incorporating the tourists as part of the story, even allowing herself a subtle commentary on their frivolities and the Creole liveliness that the natives of the island take advantage of them.” — Santiago Espinoza A., Ramona Cultural
Citation
Main credits
Razzini Z., Catalina (film director)
Razzini Z., Catalina (screenwriter)
Gosalvez, Paolo (film producer)
Callisaya Ramos, María Belén (actor)
Choque Huanca, Katerine (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Santiago Racaj; editing, Irene Cajías, Magdalena Schinca; music, Andrés Razzini, Guadalupe Álvarez Luchía.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Culture + Identity
Environment + Sustainability
Family
Indigenous Peoples
Labor Studies
Latin American Studies
Race + Ethnicity
Sociology
South America
Women
Keywords
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival; Guadeloupe Regional and International Film Festival - Best Script Award; Reflets du Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-Américain; International Film Festival of Kerala; BUFF Malmo Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Catalina Razzini
NATIONALITY: Bolivia, Spain, Germany
YEAR: 2022
GENRE: Drama, Fiction
LANGUAGE: Aymara; Indigenous languages; Other languages
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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