LOS VIEJOS SOLDADOS

THE OLD SOLDIERS

By Jorge SANJINÉS

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Drama - Completed 2022

Guillermo and Sebastián, soldiers of the Bolivian army, meet in the Chaco War. Both come from very different societies, but the bloody war shows them that it is necessary to organize.

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Ventana Sur 2022
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    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama, Historical, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • BOLIVIA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, QUECHUA, GUARANI
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jorge SANJINÉS
    • Writer(s)
    • Jorge SANJINÉS
    • Producer(s)
    • Mónica BUSTILLOS (Fundación Grupo Ukamau), Jorge SANJINÉS (Fundación Grupo Ukamau)
    • Synopsis
    • Amidst the Chaco War, Guillermo, a middle-class young man, saves the life of Sebastián, an Aymara peasant. A solid friendship develops between them over time. After Guillermo rises up against his Colonel due to a racist behavior, he stands trial and is sentenced to capital punishment. Guillermo is helped to escape and Sebastian joins him across the Bolivian Chaco. While running away, they face the harshest conditions, almost dying of thirst. When they finally reach a town, they take different paths, after promising to meet again. But that only happens 30 years later, when the Aymara peasant has become a city man, and the white man has indigenised.