Bénédicte Liénard & Mary Jiménez : 2019
There is a place where rich men live. They are so rich that they sprinkle the girls they particularly like with gold dust. These tales of wonder are so tempting to a young Peruvian girl that she leaves her village and sets out on the river's currents for the country's gold mines. However, what she finds there is neither luxury nor fairy tale princes, but violence and forced prostitution. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. Interweaving documental and fictional elements, this hybrid-form assembles a story which – despite the mesmerising and poetic imagery – cannot hide the horror which the protagonist experiences for long. A drastic and moving film which reconstitutes a space of dignity and gives a voice and an identity to one who has lost her name. Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez's documentary, their third collaboration, premiered in the Generation 14plus section at Berlin International Film Festival 2019, and screened in competition at Tromsø International Film Festival 2020.
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