Mother lode
Jorge, a young mototaxi driver from Lima, travels through Peru to take a chance in a mining town, La Rinconada, settled in the Andean Cordillera, 5.300 meters above sea level.
Throughout an initiatory journey, Jorge learns the routine of life at La Rinconada : befriending and flirting as well as exhausting work, alcohol drinking and rituals to attract gold.
Through his voice over narration, Jorge guides us into this mining world, a world he met when he was 13 years old, when he tried to work in the Secocha mines for the first time. Eight years later, he decides to face again this dark world but quickly innocence and hopes fade away and leave room for the dark side of this terrifyng Eldorado.
After training in cinema, Matteo Tortone founded in 2004 the cultural association Officina Koine which is developing cultural projects with a social impact. In 2011, he directed the documentary White Men, followed by Swahili Tales (2012) and Su Campi Avversi (2015), the three of them shown at international festivals (Festival dei Popolo, Bafici, Planet+Doc, Dok Leipzig…). his new feature-length documentary, Mother Lode, is produced by the companies Wendigo Films (France), Malfé Film (Italy) and C-Side productions (Switzerland).
In post-production
April 2020
84 min
85 min
Wendigo Films (Alexis Taillant, Nadège Labé), Malfé Film (Margot Mecca), C-Side productions (Benjamin Poumey)
nadege@wendigofilms.com
CNC - FAIA, Aide aux cinémas du Monde, Procirep - développement, Ibermédia - development, Piemonte Doc Film Fund, Mibac, OFC, CineForom, RTS, Eurimages Lab Project Award @Thessaloniki 2019
