Alberto Rowinsky

Sixtyish Martina arrives from Spain to La Gran Sabana in southeastern Venezuela: She intends to die atop Mount Roraima. These plans are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of her 12-year-old grandson Lucas. (ffm-montreal.org)

The town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed, and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the environment. Apart from the local bar and brothel, the settlers have nothing to do but work in the mines. Every once in a while a man called Fellini arrives and projects films. One day the mother of teenager Isabel and her lover steal the gold from miner El Gallego... (Edgar Soberón Torchia)