Selected Film
Film inspired by an Ecuadorian oral story. Puka Urpi is about the adventure of Killa, a 5-year-old girl who, after the death of her mother, moves from the city to the countryside to live with her grandmother. At first, she does not understand the language or the environment, but little by little over time the girl learns from her grandmother to work the land and connects with the countryside and nature. One day the grandmother gets sick and Killa goes into the forest in search of the medicine, here she finds some red feathers that guide her to an old house where she finds something that will change her destiny. Puka Urpi is a film that invites children and young people to reflect on the subject of the death of a loved one, in a subtle and poetic way. Death as the transformation of the human material body into another being and part of the life process of every being. Based on the philosophy of life of the Kichwa Otavalo culture, who told their children magical and poetic oral stories.
Duration: 01:11:02
Country of Origin: Ecuador
Language: Chimborazo Highland Quichua
Director(s): Segundo Carlos Fuérez
Writer(s): Segundo Carlos Fuérez, Diana Molina, Jacob Valladares
Producer(s): Segundo Carlos Fuérez, Jacob Valladares
Key Cast: Kuri Fuérez, Espíritu Fuérez, Shayana Vinueza
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