Directed by:
Claudia LlosaScreenplay:
Claudia LlosaCinematography:
Natasha BraierComposer:
Selma MutalCast:
Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solís, Bárbara Lazón, Antolín Prieto, Marino Ballón, Karla Heredia, Delci HerediaPlots(1)
Fausta is ill with a disease contracted from her mother's breast milk known as "the milk of sorrow". However, this is not a sickness caused by bacteria or infection: it is a condition that only affects those women in Peru who were abused or raped during the years of terrorist struggle.
Although this horrific period is now history, Fausta is nonetheless a living reminder of this time. Her sickness is called fear – and it has robbed her of her soul. But then, when her mother suddenly dies, Fausta is forced to face her fears. The overpowering nature of these fears, and the desperate lengths to which Fausta will go to assuage them is revealed by her biggest secret: in order to bar loathsome intruders from entering her body she has inserted a potato into her vagina as a kind of antibacterial 'defence shield'. However, her mother's death unleashes unexpected events that change Fausta's life dramatically, as well as the lives of others involved. Fausta now sets out on a journey – a journey that will lead her out of her fear and into freedom.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Magaly Solier
Peru
Best movies:
Amador (2010)
Madeinusa (2006)
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Susi Sánchez
Spain
Best movies:
The Skin I Live In (2011)
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Stones (2002)
Efraín Solís
Best movies:
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Bárbara Lazón
Best movies:
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Antolín Prieto
Best movies:
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Marino Ballón
Best movies:
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Karla Heredia
Best movies:
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
Delci Heredia
Best movies:
The Milk of Sorrow (2009)