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El Misionero

Wojciech Staron
2000 Poland 50 minutes Spanish; Polish

For some fifteen years, a Polish missionary, Father Casimir has ministered his flock in a remote area of the Bolivian Andes. He is the only Westerner to have contact with Indians, whose customs and vision of the world are infused with a belief in magic that has remained unchanged for five hundred years. For a whole year, the camera follows him as he visits his parishioners in conditions that are often extreme both physically and psychologically. He navigates mountain roads and fast-flowing torrents, deals with the unpredictable behaviour of some of his flock, solitude and disarray, but also finds moments of happiness.

Wojciech Staron

Né en 1973, étudie à l’Académie polonaise du Film à Lodz. Il a été chef-opérateur sur Là-bas et ici, 1995; Tentation, 1996; Jakub, 1998. Il a réalisé un court métrage Le petit déjeuner, 1996 et des documentaires Syberyjska lekcja, (La leçon sibérienne), 1999, El Misionero, 2000

Production :
Canal +; Film Studio Wir
Distribution :
Film Studio Wir
Editing :
Zbigniew Osinski
Sound :
Wojciech Staron
Photography :
Wojciech Staron

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