From Larry La Fountain, comes news of this absolutely amazing looking film.
Trailer for the Peruvian film MILK OF SORROW, about a young woman who suffers from “frightened tit”, an illness transmitted through the maternal milk of women who were raped or abused during the terrorist war in Perú. Nominated for best foreign film Oscar. In Quechua and Spanish.
My limited Spanish is not near good enough to put a translation up of the clip, but if any of you out there have the time to post a translation in comments, we’ll post it up in the post and give you credit!
I can put a spanish translation up later tonite unless one of our fabulous readers gets to it first.
I have been wanting to see this movie since I first heard about it. One of the producers(etc) should send us a screening copy
Not sure this is accurate because my sound is not working so well. Also, some parts in the clip I think are in Quechua, and I only know Spanish.
This is what I think they say: (people with better hearing/understanding than me feel free to correct.)
And this is the translation of that:
*The house is ‘la casa the arriba’–as I’ve no idea what the ‘arriba’ refers to, if it’s upstairs, or at the top of a hill or what, I can’t really, translate…
*Perhaps, as they chose to translate the title: ‘The milk of sorrow, that’s how we…’
Yay Hele! Gracias
“Trailer for the Peruvian film MILK OF SORROW, about a young woman who suffers from “frightened tit”, an illness transmitted through the maternal milk of women who were raped or abused during the terrorist war in Perú.”
Excuse me but you write wrong, neither in Peru nor in quechua exists an illness with the name of “frightened tit”.
The name of the syndrom can be correctly translated as “Milk of sorrow”.
How milk of sorrow become “frightenet tit”? it was an american social cientific who “translated” the name of the illness in spanish.
So the original name in quechua is closer to the English name to the Spanish name? It’s weird that they chose to use that name in the movie…
I would think they used it for shock value
I saw the movie, it is basically a slide show with audio, pretty bad
why was it nominated at all is a mystery to me.
Really Branko? That’s really disappointing to hear–I thought it looked really good, and discussed a really important subject.
Also, I agree that “Tit” was probably used for shock value–if the movie is not that great, what better way to get people to come see it that add some sex, right?
Ay I still want to see it. Someone send VivirLatino a copy. ja ja
ha! and you need to send me the copy when ur done, cuz I still want to see it too!!!
and the point is??? to get the audience to go to sleep.
I understand that the makers of the movie were trying to make a poingnant point, but cinematically they did not achieve this, You need a lot more than a vague story line to make good movie.
Some good camera work that is all it has. If it has a real story to tell
it trully failed at this.
The subject that the director wanted to show exists but this movie did not expose it, to me it actually took advantage of this subject and made a poor movie about it (I guess it made her some money).
I saw the film last year, and it`s beautiful, paceful and contemplative, about of an illness of the soul and how to get free of the pain. It is visually powerfull, with a lot of methapores , the performance of the leading role it`s very impressive with Magaly Solier expressing the fear in silence, the music is beautiful as well, my secret favorite for the best foreign film academy award.
Well I put it on my Netflix list for when it comes out.
This is a great and daring movie
I watched and I would be very blown away if this movie does not win
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It’s not an easy movie to watch, especially if you are used to Hollywood movies, where all the thinking is done for you and the end for the most part is a happy, happy, happy one, and yes where the good dude blasts the bad dude into oblivion, of course after doing the sexy chick in the movie. The metaphores in this movie are abundant but I agree that is not a movie for your normal Sunday shoot them up and blow them away movie goer. This is not a movie for everyone. If you prefer foreign films where the artistic value is primordial (there are also some American films that exhibit this trend) and there is a story to be told then you will enjoy the movie. Definitely a movie for a more sophisticated audience.