Peruvian Cinema

In the last days of 2012 everyone is talking about the end of the world. This doesn't seem to affect the routine of Wachi, a grumpy watchman. However the arrival of Tesla, an impulsive fifteen year-old girl, does. Tesla, Wachi, an a lively 80 year old called Trini, spend the last days of 2012 together, sharing a bond despite, their differences.

The intense and unpredictable romance between a tailor and a young drama student, who commissions him to make the costumes for her graduation play, takes a dark turn when he meets her former lovers and opens up the relentless spiral of jealousy and distrust.

Magically gifted kids travel through time with a dog, battling villains attempting to alter iconic tales. Their quest: restore historical narratives while navigating temporal complexities without distorting events.

To save their kingdom from evil rodents, two young mice go on a quest to a forbidden world to find a legendary magic crystal that has the power to restore order to their kingdom.

Ms. Pilar, almost 81, shares her quiet house situated in a provincial part of Peru with Consuelo, Milagros and Tuna. The daily routine in this household, where one day could be confused with any other, revolves around insignificant events.The telephone interrupts the stillness. It's Patricia, one of Pilars daughters, calling to say that she will be arriving in a few hours with her daughter, her daughters husband and her granddaughter in tow. Pilar nervously agrees and immediately starts to worry. The household routine is forced to change. In this film coexist three generations of mothers. They are forced to interact with one another, to face and also ignore each other, to spend a night together under the same roof.

Practically robbed of their proper names, the title characters of this film flee from their small town and from the epithets that they have chosen or, conversely, that have been imposed upon them. On their respective journeys, their morality, tenacity and integrity are tested, so much so that they succeed in defying the stigma of their names, or arduously succumbing to self-fulfilling prophecies.

Trovador seeks to write an immortal bolero, but the inspiration does not reach him. In his way will cross the Gitana, a woman with whom he will begin a passionate romance that perhaps serves him to write his song.

The story of Alex, a humble police watchman who decides to take control of his luck. After his girlfriends breaks up with him, he decides to steal $ 80,000 and lead a life full of adventures , fulfilling all of his desires.

A young girl convinces herself that she will die on the same day that her brother will be born.

A group of friends in Peru walk across the sandy outskirts of Lima in order to pay their respects to a fallen gang member.

An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

Clemente, a moneylender of few words, is a new hope for Sofía, his single neighbor, devoted to the October worship of Our Lord of the Miracles. They're brought together over a new-born baby, fruit of Clemente's relationship with a prostitute who's nowhere to be found. While Clemente is looking for the girl's mother, Sofía cares for the baby and looks after the moneylender's house. With the arrival of these beings in his life, Clemente has the opportunity to reconsider his emotional relations with people.

The Vigil is a thriller film that tells the story of the relation established between two opposite characters that share an intense and strange night in today's Lima. Edgardo Chocano, a westernized Peruvian intellectual of upper class and a violent and instinctive girl of the lower class that is escaping the threat of a gang of criminals. It's main theme deals with the possibility of an understanding between this two contradicting characters.

A dysfunctional middle-class Lima family suffers the consequences of a terrorist attack.

Period film. A mestizo (mixed race) Spanish and Indian soldier returns to Peru from Europe in 1618 to find a document that can prove he is not illegitimate.

Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a sympathizer with the Communist guerrillas in the hills. Town leaders are assassinated at night. When Juan discovers Fermin's secret, Juan is spirited away to the guerrillas to learn Marxist slogans and how to fight. When the band decides to attack the town to avenge the death of a comrade, Juan must choose. There are no white hats on any side: critical thought without love of life bears no fruit, writes Erich Fromm.

Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. While living in constant fear and confusion due to this disease, she must face the sudden death of her mother. She chooses to take drastic measures to not follow in her mother's footsteps.

Follows Santiago, a 22-year old from Lima on a beach trip with stepsister Ximena and her husband Inigo after his father's suicide, exploring themes of redemption, coming-of-age, and facing inner demons as tensions arise between the trio.

The amazing story of Daniel, a dolphin who abandons the safety of his pod to explore the ocean and discover the true purpose of his life.