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Release Date:
April 19, 2023
Original Title:
Mother Lode
Alternate Titles:
La Mine du diable - En camino a la Rinconada
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
C-Side Productions
Malfè film
Wendigo Films
Production Countries:
France | Italy | Switzerland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
Jorge leaves his home and family in the outskirts of Lima to try his luck in the goldmines of the Andes, chasing the promises of the mother lode. We follow Jorge through a journey full of omens, where reality and magical thinking blend together, as he discovers that the myth of wealth is built on sacrifices that become ever more tangible – while the boundaries between victims and oppressors get progressively vague and blurred. Mother Lode is a fable about the banality of the descent to hell in times of neoliberalism; it is a paradigm of a relentless world in which everything can be sacrificed in the name of profit.
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Co-Producer:
Benjamin Poumey
Director:
Matteo Tortone
Director of Photography:
Patrick Tresch
Editor:
Enrico Giovannone
Producer:
Alexis Taillant
Sound:
Jean-Baptiste Madry
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