LA SIRGA / THE TOWROPE
A film by William Vega
(Colombia/France/Mexico, 2012, 89 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
“Alicia is a vulnerable 19-year-old who has lost her family in a conflict that has destroyed her village. She tracks down the only relative she knows to be alive, her reclusive, middle-aged uncle Oscar, whose home is a remote, dilapidated lakeside inn in the High Andes. Oscar reluctantly takes in his niece on condition that she helps with renovating the hostel and making it attractive to the tourists who never visit. Her sleepwalking episodes and the unwanted attention she gets from local men make Alicia’s life all the more fraught, and the unexpected arrival of Oscar’s furtive, long-absent son Fredy only adds to the tension. William Vega’s debut feature is an intense, elliptical drama that develops in a wildly evocative setting, a daring and rewarding film that is as nuanced as it is enthralling.” —London BFI Film Festival
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