Young Peruvian director Claudia Llosa is getting a great start on a promising career. Her film The Milk of Sorrow (which has a more interesting title in Spanish — La Teta Asustada) was honored earlier this month at one of the world’s most important film festivals, the Berlinale in Berlin, with the top honor: the Golden Bear for best film:

In the politically tinged drama, which also has elements of magic realism, a disease is being passed from mother to daughter through breast milk. It turns out, the mothers were all victims of the decades-long battle between the Peruvian government and Shining Path terrorists.

Check out the trailer for La Teta after the jump.

It looks interesting, but if you are like me, the director’s last name — Llosa — sounds familiar. That’s because she’s Mario Vargas Llosa’s sobrina. Hmmm….I have serious issues with that guy. What about you?

Via / Hollywood Reporter