Wara Wara (1930)

Directed by

José María Velasco Maidana

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

Bolivia

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a Bolivian silent film about a romance set against a historical background. It was considered lost for many years before being found and restored.

melancholicromantichistoricalslow-burnnostalgicvisually lushdramaticquiet

What happens

Wara Wara is a 1930 Bolivian feature film, directed by José María Velasco Maidana, combining historical drama and romance. The film was described as a "superproduction" by the press at the time. Long thought to be a lost film, it was rediscovered in 1989, restored, and screened for a new "premiere" in September 2010. It is "the only known surviving work from Bolivia's silent-film era". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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