THE FIRST-EVER FILM IN THE AYMARA LANGUAGE
Eternity
Original Title
Wiñaypacha
Year
2017
Duration
88 min
Countries
Peru
Language
Aymara
Subtitles
English
Director
Óscar Catacora
Age Rating
K-12
High in the Peruvian Andes, an elderly Aymara couple waits for the return of their son while enduring the changing seasons alone. This film was the first Peruvian feature film entirely spoken in Aymara, and it quietly affirms an Indigenous worldview rooted in the mountains themselves, where time follows ancestral rhythms beyond the chronology of the modern nation-state.
Catacora died at only 34, leaving behind a brief but extraordinary body of work, with Wiñaypacha standing as one of the masterpieces of contemporary slow cinema.
19:20–20:50
Sunday 18. October
Caisa Cultural Centre
Kaikukatu 4 B, 00530 Helsinki
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