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Gently paced and exquisitely shot, this story - tinged with magical realism - tells of an anxious young woman finding her way in the world after the death of her mother. Uneducated and superstitious, Fausta (Magaly Solier), has grown up in a country racked by a violent struggle that has left its scars burned deeply in its people.

Carrying the unspeakable burden of her mother’s rape and desperately fearful of others, Fausta is determined to return her mother’s remains to a remote village far from the slums of Lima and for the first time in her life is forced to confront other people and deal with her own terrible secret. Peruvian writer/director Claudia Llosa once again uses touches of magical-realism in this beautiful and moving film.

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