Una sombra al frente

Peruvian film industry is far from being big. Ten, maybe twenty movies per year. However, and here is the difference between other industries such as the Argentinian or Mexican ones, most of its tittles are usually good, being awarded in Latinamerican festivals and some European ones.

This happens with Una sombra al frente, by Augusto Tamayo. Not only he releases a movie passing all the inconveniences of working in a difficult industry in Peru. He also gives a fine look at the life of imaginary character Enrique Aet, based on the real life of Tamayo's grandfather.

With a general good cast' performance (no acting is great, but almost every actor does accurately its job), the movie has as a strong suit its technical quality (photography, art direction, and music), earning recognition for having worked with a small budget. Specially, consider the fantastic technical approach Tamayo has made to the historical context using as filming locations the most important streets of the Historic Centre of Lima, declared by UNESCO as World's Heritage

It is not perfect, but it fulfilled my expectations, having won at Cartagena film festival in Colombia. Consider that Una sombra al frente is just his second job. We still have to see more from him.