Starring: Pietro Sibille, Lili Urbina, Milagros Vidal and Marisela Puicon.

Selected by over 80 Film Festivals worldwide and winning no less than a dozen prestigious awards, Josué Méndez's extraordinary debut explores the tragic impossibility of a war veteran to reintegrate into civilian life. 23-year old Santiago (Pietro Sibille, in a "volcanic performance," Variety) returns home, weary from years of jungle fighting, searching for hope. But his native Lima has become a less than welcoming place.

Unable to get a job or credit, or afford an education, misunderstood by his family, wife and friends whom he finds decadent and distant, Santiago's estrangement from an increasingly hostile and chaotic world deepens, as his anger and frustration rise.
Through a powerful and original style of narration, Méndez vividly examines the effects of war upon those who carry it out. While the suppressed rage of Sibille's Santiago Roman may recall DeNiro's Travis Bickle, Sibille manages to push the envelope, eliciting sympathy for a complex character that walks the line between chilling hostility and great humanity.

A Venevision International Release

"Elegantly directed" —Cahiers du Cinéma

"A surprisingly intense debut." —Variety

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Dec. 8-15 at 9pm

Tuesday, December 20, 6 pm

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