Madeinusa

Madeinusa is a 2005 Peruvian-Spanish drama film directed by Claudia Llosa.

Not to be confused with Made in USA (disambiguation).
Madeinusa
VHS cover
Directed byClaudia Llosa
Produced byJosé Marría Morales
Antonio Chavarrias
Claudia Llosa
Written byClaudia Llosa
StarringMagaly Solier
Carlos de la Torre
Juan Ubaldo Huamán
Yiliana Chong
Melvin Quijada
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
(Peru)
  • 2006 (2006)
(United States)
CountryPeru and Spain
LanguageSpanish and some Quechua

Plot

Set in the fictional small and isolated indigenous village of Manayaycuna ("the town no one can enter" in Quechua) in the Peruvian Andes, the story covers three days in the lives of the villagers and a stranger from Lima. The stranger, Salvador (Carlos de la Torre), is unwelcome because he has arrived at the beginning of the "Holy Time," a syncretic religious festival spanning Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The villagers of Manayaycuna believe that during "Holy Time" God, symbolized by an effigy of Christ, is dead and, therefore, nothing is a sin. The drama centers around the eponymous Madeinusa (Magaly Solier), a teenage girl selected as the festival's Mater Dolorosa and the daughter of the village mayor, and her encounter with Salvador.

Cast
  • Magaly Solier as Madeinusa
  • Carlos J. de la Torre as Salvador
  • Yiliana Chong as Chale
  • Juan Ubaldo Huamán as Cayo

Awards
  • Winner, Best Latin-American Narrative Feature, Mar del Plata Film Festival
  • Winner, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay, Cine Ceará Festival Nacional de Cinema
  • Winner, Fipresci Prize, International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Winner, Best Original Screenplay, Havana International Film Festival


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