Prestigious Bolivian filmmaker Jorge Sanjines in Cuba

Sources at the event told Prensa Latina that the man who was one of the founders of the New Latin American Cinema, along with other greats of that wave such as Brazil’s Glauber Rocha and Argentina’s Fernando (Pino) Solanas, arrived in Havana early this morning.

Back to a festival he loves, Sanjines will be presenting here tomorrow at the emblematic Charles Chaplin cinema his most recent work set in the Chaco War, which tells the story of Guillermo, a young bourgeois who saves an Aymara farmer from death.

Over time a friendship is forged between the two.

Guillermo rebels against his colonel for racist behavior, is tried and sentenced to death.

Guillermo is helped to escape and Sebastian accompanies him in his escape in the middle of the Bolivian Chaco.

This is his first film after Juana Azurduy, Guerrilla of the Fatherland (2016).

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In Cuba prestigious Bolivian filmmaker Jorge Sanjinés

Havana, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The prestigious Bolivian filmmaker Jorge Sanjinés arrived in this capital today to present his new film Los viejos soldados, one of several special presentations at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana.

Sources from the meeting confirmed to Prensa Latina that whoever was one of the founders of the New Latin American Cinema, together with other greats of that wave such as the Brazilian Glauber Rocha and the Argentine Fernando (Pino) ​​Solanas, disembarked in Havana this morning.

Back at a festival he loves, Sanjinés will be presenting here tomorrow at the emblematic Charles Chaplin cinema his most recent work set in the Chaco War, which tells the story of Guillermo, a young man from the bourgeoisie, who saves a man from death. Aymara peasant.

Over time a friendship is forged between the two. Guillermo rebels against his colonel for racist behavior, is tried and sentenced to death.

Guillermo is helped to escape and Sebastián accompanies him on the run in the middle of the Bolivian Chaco.

This is her first film after Juana Azurduy, Guerrilla de la Patria Grande (2016).

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