Emerging from the shadows of the rubber boom, the forgotten stories of Omarino and Aredomi are recovered in a sensory journey that intertwines the filmmaker Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski’s personal story with early 20th-century Amazonian archives. The film is a cinematic ritual that explores the boundaries of research and speculation while reflecting on power, memory, reparations, and the profound dialogue between the living and the dead.
The film received a Special Mention in the Documentary Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, as well as the critics’ prize in the Forum section of the same festival.
La Memoria de las Mariposas
2025
10 years
77 min.
Documentary
Peru, Portugal
Peru, Portugal, documentary, history, memory, colonialism, experimental, international film festivals, awarded films, female directors
Colorido, P&B
Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Isabel Madueño Medina
Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Fernanda Bonilla, Elizabeth Landesberg
Isabel Madueño Medina
Miti Films, Perpetua Cine, Oublaum Filmes
Elizabeth Aquino
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