Altiplano (Fragments of Grace) (2009)
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70% of critics liked it
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War photographer Grace, devastated by a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max, is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. Nearby, the villagers of Turubamba succumb to illnesses caused by a mercury spill from a local mine.… More War photographer Grace, devastated by a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max, is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. Nearby, the villagers of Turubamba succumb to illnesses caused by a mercury spill from a local mine. Saturnina, a young woman in Turubamba, loses her fiancé to the contamination. The villagers turn their rage on the foreign doctors, and in the ensuing riot Max is killed. Saturnina takes drastic measures to protest against the endless violations towards her people and their land. Grace sets out on a journey of mourning to the place of Max's death. ALTIPLANO is a lyrical and probing film about our divided but inextricably linked world.-- (C) Official Site
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.
- Directed By
- Jessica Hope Woodworth, Peter Brosens
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Aug 20, 2010 Limited
- Studio
- First Run Features
Critic Reviews
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Altiplano sees Brosens and Woodworth take a bold and unpredictable approach in calling attention to an environmental catastrophe.
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Ian Buckwalter, NPR
If a film may do penance for its narrative faults with the grace of its visuals, Altiplano does so in dramatic fashion.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Filled with mythic style and magical thinking, Altiplano feeds the eyes but gives rations to the mind.
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Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Co-collaborators Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth still cheapen their ethnological lyricism by over-stylizing the venture as if it were a Benetton ad by Alejandro Jodorowsky-lite.
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Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star
Writer-directors Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth are less interested in telling a conventional story than in dispensing poetic impressions. And, boy, do they.
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