PAKUCHA

By Tito CATACORA

LIMA'S FILM FESTIVAL / FESTIVAL DE CINE DE LIMA - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2021

En una comunidad aymara en los Andes del sur del Perú, una familia alpaquera se reúne para celebrar el ritual del “uywa ch'uwa”,una costumbre ancestral que consiste en evocar actos rituales a la “Pakucha” (espíritu de la alpaca).

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cine de Lima 2022
Competencia Documental
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • PERU
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tito CATACORA
    • Writer(s)
    • Tito CATACORA, Fabiola SIALER CUEVAS
    • Producer(s)
    • Oscar CATACORA
    • Synopsis
    • In an Aymara community in the Peruvian southern Andes, an alpaquera family gathers to celebrate the ritual of “uywa ch´uwa”, an ancient custom that consists in evoking ritual acts to the “Pakucha” (the alpaca’ soul). During the celebration, the whole family is guided through the worldview of the Andean culture, and enters into a universe filled with mysticism, where the final destination is the genesis of a new life