Categories: International Showcase

Run time: 104 min. | Bolivia | Subtitled | color | Film Format: 35mm

Synopsis:
In the Salar de Uyuni, there is a 13 year-old boy, Kunturi, who lives a life much like any other boy in his village. But when his grandmother dies and his best friend moves away, he decides to embark on a trip with the llama caravan. For three months, he travels throughout the "Ruta de la Sal," exchanging salt for other Andes products, reluctantly bearing witness to an animal sacrifice in the snow-covered peaks and interacting with the indigenous cultures seemingly untouched by modernity.

But when the caravan arrives at its destination, the town of Macha where the “Tinku” Festival is taking place, Kunturi’s life will be changed forever. There he finds the most beautiful girl he could have ever imagined, Ulala. Kunturi and Ulala share the same dream: “to run together across the immense white sea that is the Salar de Uyuni, until they reach the end of the horizon.

Bio:
Toshifumi Matsushita

Toshifumi Matsushita was born in 1950 in Kakogawa, Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University (Bachelor degree of Law), worked at Shouchiku Kyoto Film Studio as assistant producer.
In 1979, came to the United States to study filmmaking at New York University.
In 1981 he started as a producer at Entel Communication, Inc., a Japanese television company based in NYC. In 1987 he founded Dolphin Productions to make documentaries and TV programs.

Crew:
Director, Producer, Editor: Toshifumi Matsushita
Camera: Gustavo Soto
Sound: Claudio Duran
Music: Luzumila Carpio
Cast: Christian Huaygua, Fanny Mosques, Francisco Gutiez, Luis Mamani

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