This feature by writer/director Toshifumi Matsushita was filmed in the unlikely combination of Japan and Boliva. It is a sweet coming-of-age movie, a slice of life about a young Inca boy who goes on a months-long journey with his father to barter the salt they harvest from the lake.
If you ever wondered what Boliva was like, with landscapes as rich and elegant as its textiles, this is surely a gentle journey. Not a fan of the dream sequences, or the local music, both of which are featured heavily by Matsushita, the simple rural lifestyle with its lama caravan makes for it with great texture and reassurance that no matter where in the world you are the joy of humanity is the same.
Plays again on Sunday, December 13th at 12:30 pm at Beartooth Theaterpub.
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