BOLIVIA
SOUTHERN DISTRICT [Zona sur]

Nestled in the lush valley of La Paz, Bolivia, the upper-class suburb of Zona Sur has sheltered the country's wealthy elite for many years. Here, in an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled progeny and her indigenous Aymaran butler. But all is not what it seems. As the mother fights with her oversexed teenage son and clashes with her petulant daughter, her 6-year-old son rambles the rooftops unnoticed. Decline hangs in the air, and the threat of aristocratic privileges changing hands signifies a new chapter of a prickly and ill-fated class war. Juan Carlos Valdivia's (AMERICAN VISA) revolving camera poetically articulates the devolving drama while exposing the bubble of decadence in which the bourgeoisie exist. Winner, Best World Cinema Director and Screenplay, 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Official Selection, 2010 Berlin and Miami Film Festivals. (Courtesy of 2010 Sundance Film Festival)

DIR/SCR Juan Carlos Valdivia; PROD Gabriela Maire. Bolivia, 2010, color, 108 min. In Spanish and Aymara with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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