Synopsis
Jorge, 21 years old, lives in Santa Maria del Triumpho, in Lima. He is a moto-taxi driver, and dreams to become a mechanic.
He wants a better future for him and his family. That’s why he travel along the Perù to a well known gold mine: La Rinconada.
Someone call this town, the highest town in the world (5300 mt), the new Eldorado. But there are a also a lot of rumors about the dark side of it. Violence, rituals, sacrificies.
An initiatory journey. A one way gold rush.
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Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Wendigo Films
- Foreign production companies : Malfé Film, C-Side Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Intramovies
- French distribution : Juste Doc
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producers : Alexis Taillant, Nadège Labé
- Screenwriters : Matteo Tortone, Mathieu Granier
- Director of Photography : Patrick Tresch
- Editor : Enrico Giovannone
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Baptiste Madry
- Foreign producers : Margot Mecca, Benjamin Poumey
- Press Attaché (film) : François Vila
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary, Drama
- Production language : Spanish
- Coproducer countries : France (43.31%), Italy (30.92%), Switzerland (25.77%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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