The film is based on real testimonies and follows the difficult journey of a young girl who lives in a village in Northern Peru, by the Amazon River, in a landscape devastated by goldmines exploration. Seeking a better life, the character leaves her village. But her plans go wrong and she is forced into prostitution, losing, step by step, her moral and physical integrity. The girl’s traumatic odyssey intertwines with the environment devastation, caused by industrial society.
By the Name of Tania
2019
16 years
85 min.
Fiction
Belgium, The Netherlands
Belgium, The Netherlands, sexism, environment, female directors
Colorido
Bénédicte LiénardMary Jiménez
Bénédicte Liénard, Mary Jiménez
Viriginie Surdej
Marie-Hélène Dozo
Tanit Lidia Coquinche Cenepo, Ismael Vasquez Colchado, Fiorella J. Aguila, Yossimar Vietto Omnia
Hanne Phlypo
Clin d’oeil Films
Pluto Film
43, 43