#Madeinusa is a pretty 14 year old in a remote mountain village. Townsfolk are preparing a festival of 'Holy Days' btwn Good Friday & Easter Sunday: it's three days without sin, because god is dead. The film unfolds as Salvatore, a gringo from Lima, comes into town & catches the glimpse of Madeinusa at the Virgin of the Year contest. For her, he might be the ticket out of Manataycuna, a fictional village which means "a town no one can enter". #ClaudiaLlosa #magicrealism #MagalySolier #peru

Sullen Fausta has the 'milk of sorrow' illness: offsprings of the rape victims during the civil war are said to be born without souls. Afraid of being violated, she’d shoved up a potato in her youknowwhere. After her mother dies, she needs to come up w/ the money for the funeral. She starts working as a maid for a rich pianist who wants her to sing. In tune w/ Latin American Magic Realism, Milk of Sorrow is a gorgeous film. #ClaudiaLlosa #MagalySolier #peru #magicrealism #peruviancinema