New US trailer for Sundance's acclaimed Bolivian film 'Utama'

“If we leave, our land will be left alone in silence.” Kino Lorber has released the official US trailer for a Bolivian drama titled Utama, which originally premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It received rave reviews from critics and later screened at the Gothenburg, Seattle, Sydney, Taipei and Transilvania film festivals. On the Bolivian highlands, an old Quechua couple has lived the same daily life for years. During an unusually long drought, Virginio and his wife (Sisa) face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself. This breathtaking debut from photographer Alejandro Loayza Grisi is shot by award-winning cinematographer Barbara Alvarez (also of The Headless Woman by Lucretia Martel) and won the Grand Jury Prize (in World Cinema Dramatic) at Sundance. With local actors in all roles. Utama is a bit of a slow-burn thriller, very dry – both figuratively and literally because it's a dryness – but rewarding in its complexity and compassion. Worth a visit.

Here is the official trailer (+ poster) for Utama by Alejandro Loayza Grisi, straight from KL's YouTube:

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In the arid Bolivian highlands, an old Quechua couple have been living a quiet life for years. While he takes their little herd of llamas to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an unusually long drought threatens everything, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move in with family members in the city. Their dilemma is precipitated by the arrival of their grandson Clever, who comes to visit with news. The three of them must deal, each in their own way, with the effects of a changing environment, the importance of tradition and the meaning of life itself. Utama is written and directed by Bolivian filmmaker Alejandro Loayza Grisi, a cinematographer making his directorial debut with this film. It originally premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Kino Lorber will debut Utama in select US theaters starting November 4, 2022 this fall. For more information, visit their official website.

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