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El Olvido

Oblivion
Heddy Honigmann
2008 Germany; The Netherlands 93 minutes Spanish
© 2008 Cobos Films
© 2008 Cobos Films

A film about poverty and poetry in a country plundered by the powerful. But also a film where the powerless resist being consigned to oblivion. El Olvido takes us to the forgotten city of Lima, to a forgotten people, the Peruvians and – like most countries in Latin America – the forgotten land of Peru. Occasionally – during presidential elections, after a powerful earthquake, or when a new mass grave is discovered,and then only if it’s big enough – the world remembers Peru’s existence, but just for a few days. Heddy Honigmann

Production :
Ikon Television; Cobos Films; ZDF
Editing :
Danniel Danniel; Jessica de Koning
Sound :
Piotr van Dijk
Photography :
Adri Schover
Copy Contact :
Cobos Films

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