BY THE NAME OF TANIA

By Bénédicte LIENARD, Mary JIMENEZ

NOISE FILM & TV - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2019

Based upon real testimonies, this hybrid film tells the story of Tania, a teenage girl forced into prostitution in the gold mining regions of Peru.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2019
Generation
Thessaloniki IFF 2019
Film Market Films
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bénédicte LIENARD, Mary JIMENEZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Hanne PHLYPO (Clin d’oeil films)
    • Synopsis
    • The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up forced into prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the stifling limitations of village life goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to that which has been formally rendered name¬less. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the horrific devastation visited upon the natural world by contemporary industrial society.