Who Killed the White Llama? (2007)
Gênero : Comédia
Runtime : 1H 52M
Director : Rodrigo Bellott
Sinopse
Jacinto and Domitila are two indigenous Bolivians, happily married... and the most notorious criminals in the country. When they are paid to transport 50kg of cocaine to the Brazilian border, they embark on a journey that will take them through the jungles, mountains, deserts and cities of Bolivia on a riotous adventure that will test their relationship and make them question their future as criminals. (IMDB)
End of the 20's. Alfonso a young writer brought up in France, arrives to an adventurous mining town (Uyuni) in the midst of the Bolivian high plateau. Here he meets the beautiful Claudina a sensual, strong willed chola, la "Misqui simi" ("The one with the sweet lips"). Uyuni radiates a strange magnetism, it is charged with a collective euphoria produced by the bewitching mineral. The lives of the characters enter a whirl of passion, ambition and frustration.
Impulsado por la curiosidad y el afán de conocer nuevos mundos, el joven Alois, deja su patria bávara y, pasando por las profundidades del Walchensee (lago cerca de Munich), emerge de las aguas del lago Titicaca, en Bolivia.
En Copacabana, Alois se casa con Elena con quien explora el enigmático mundo andino; tienen un único hijo, piloto civil, que muere muy joven en un accidente aéreo, dejando huérfana a su hija Alfonsina y viuda a Rosa, su bella esposa, que trabaja de azafata.
Algunos años después muere también Alois, dejando completamente solas a las tres mujeres.
Alfonsina, ahora una linda muchacha de 14 años, crece en un ambiente de mezcla cultural, entre música, dirndl * , jarras de cerveza, sincretismo andino y ch´allas.
... *dirndl: Traje típico de Bavaria
Es la historia del camba Miami vaca y el colla Falso Conejo, dos pícaros estafadores de poca monta, que para sobrevivir se dedican a engañar a los demás con pequeñas e ingeniosas estafas. Sus vidas toman un giro inesperado cuando al intentar engañar a otra víctima más, se encuentran con alguien que resulta ser más pícaro que ellos. (FILMAFFINITY)
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