Underplayed Gems

The sin (2006)

The sin poster
Original title
El pecado
Directed by
Palito Ortega Matute
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Peru
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Peruvian film that follows a story about homophobic violence in an Andean community. It focuses on the social prejudice and cruelty faced by a person because of their sexuality.

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What happens

El pecado (título inicial: El pecado de Yahaira​), es una película peruana de ficción escrita y dirigida por el cineasta huamanguino Palito Ortega Matute, estrenada en la ciudad de Ayacucho en octubre de 2006​ y en salas nacionales en 2007.​ Fue una de las primeras películas peruanas en denunciar la violencia homofóbica en las comunidades andinas.​ El director ayacuchano, quien ha rodado varias películas sobre la violencia histórica sufrida en los pueblos andinos, justifica la elección de esta historia sobre violencia social homofóbica señalando lo siguiente, «un tema tan nuestro como la violencia política [...] o como el Gay en los Andes [...], se debería mostrar en el cine, en los medios visuales. Mis trabajos están asociados directamente a la identidad de esta gente».​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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