https://vimeo.com/245379091
Juan Pablo Richter, Bolivia, 2018, 95 m
Spanish with English subtitles
St. Petersburg Premiere
Sebastian comes to a small tropical-jungle town on the banks of a huge river where his father Rafael lives with his young mistress, Julieta. Sebastian, a city kid, must adapt to a new competitive macho environment of dominance, money and raw sex. Slowly the river’s secrets and force appear before his eyes; the so-called paradise teems with violence, lies and power games in which women are pawns and victims. Reluctantly, Sebastian enters those rhythms. Chaos results from his obsession with Julieta; Sebastian feels trapped. The turbulent waters of the river are the backdrop for the tensions in the home and his own dangerous pursuits.