FILM SYNOPSIS:

Times are changing; there is a shift of power that can be felt in La Paz’s Southern District, home to the city’s elite. A mother and her three children live in a beautiful house on the outskirts of the city, alongside two indigenous servants, who work for them. The mother struggles with money and her favorable love for her older son, who happens to be an irresponsible young man, obsessed with sex and partying. Her daughter is in the middle of a sexual identity crisis and Andres, the youngest of the three siblings, daydreams his life away from the house’s rooftop unsupervised.

Beautifully shot, the film’s non-stop motion camera work dictates the pace and sets the tone for a family who must soon realize that the connection between their economic situation and their social status has been compromised, and that nothing will be as it once was.

Director Juan Carlos Valdivia (JONAH AND THE PINK WHALE, AMERICAN VISA) delicately depicts social change and the new political current that has been taking place in Latin America over the last few years. SOUTHERN DISTRICT won World Dramatic Best Director and Best Screenplay at Sundance 2010.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

Juan Carlos Valdivia began his film career with Jonah and the Pink Whale, a story of love and drug trafficking that shattered Bolivian cinema of the time. After a career in Mexico, Valdivia returns to Bolivia to work in a wide range of audiovisual projects with his production company, Cinenómada.

RELATED NEWS

- The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival opens in Santiago With “Southern District”
Santo Domingo, November 19, 2010