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Marino Ballón, Magaly Solier
La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2009, Competition
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La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2009, Competition
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Magaly Solier, Anita Chaquiri
La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2009, Competition
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Magaly Solier
La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2009, Competition
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Claudia Llosa
La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2009, Competition
Although this horrific period is now history, Fausta is nonetheless a living reminder of this time. Her sickness is called fear – and it has robbed her of her soul. But then, when her mother suddenly dies, Fausta is forced to face her fears. The overpowering nature of these fears, and the desperate lengths to which Fausta will go to assuage them is revealed by her biggest secret: in order to bar loathsome intruders from entering her body she has inserted a potato into her vagina as a kind of antibacterial ‘defence shield’. However, her mother’s death unleashes unexpected events that change Fausta’s life dramatically, as well as the lives of others involved. Fausta now sets out on a journey – a journey that will lead her out of her fear and into freedom.
Peruvian director Claudia Llosa’s film addresses a dark era of her country’s history. Established in 2001, the Peruvian ‘commission for truth and reconciliation’ (Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, CVR) has registered almost 70,000 murder cases, as well as countless rapes, abductions and other human rights abuses in the period from 1980 to the year 2000.
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Magaly Solier
La teta asustada leading actress Magaly Solier in the Berlinale Palast.
La teta asustada · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 12, 2009
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Claudia Llosa
Scriptwriter and director Claudia Llosa at the press conference for her Competition film La teta asustada.
La teta asustada · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 12, 2009
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José María Morales, María del Pilar Guerrero, Claudia Llosa, Magaly Solier, Antonio Chavarrias
La teta asustada photo call: producer José María Morales, actress María del Pilar Guerrero, director Claudia Llosa, lead actress Magaly Solier and producer Antonio Chavarrias.
La teta asustada · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 12, 2009
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María del Pilar Guerrero, Claudia Llosa, Magaly Solier
Claudia Llosa between her actresses María del Pilar Guerrero and Magaly Solier on the Red Carpet.
La teta asustada · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 12, 2009
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Claudia Llosa
Overwhelmed: director Claudia Llosa with the Golden Bear for La teta asustada.
La teta asustada · Competition · Golden Bear · Feb 14, 2009
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Antonio Chavarrias, María del Pilar Guerrero, Claudia Llosa, Magaly Solier, José María Morales
The team of the winning film La teta asustada: Producer Antonio Chavarrias, actor María del Pilar Guerrero, director Claudia Llosa, leading actor Magaly Solier and producer José María Morales.
La teta asustada · Competition · Golden Bear · Feb 14, 2009
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Magaly Solier, Claudia Llosa, José María Morales, Antonio Chavarrias
On the stage of the Berlinale Palast Magaly Solier, Claudia Llosa, José María Morales and Antonio Chavarrias are exuberantly happy about the Golden Bear for their film La teta asustada.
La teta asustada · Competition · Closing Gala · Golden Bear · Feb 14, 2009
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Magaly Solier
La teta asustada lead actress Magaly Solier is overjoyed.
La teta asustada · Competition · Golden Bear · Feb 14, 2009
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Dieter Kosslick, Magaly Solier
The festival director and the leading actress: a warm welcome.
La teta asustada · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 12, 2009
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Magaly Solier, Claudia Llosa
The actress and her director on the stage.
La teta asustada · Closing Gala · Feb 14, 2009
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Claudia Llosa
La teta asustada · Competition · Feb 12, 2009
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Magaly Solier
La teta asustada · Competition · Feb 12, 2009
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Pilar Guerrero
La teta asustada · Competition · Feb 12, 2009
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Antonio Chavarrías, Pilar Guerrero, Claudia Llosa, Magaly Solier, José María Morales
La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 12, 2009
Antonio Chavarrías, Pilar Guerrero, Claudia Llosa, Magaly Solier, José María Morales
La teta asustada | The Milk Of Sorrow
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 12, 2009