Once Upon a Time in Bolivia (2012)

Directed by

Craig Viveiros

Genre

independent film

Country

Bolivia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two half-brothers race to the Bolivia-Chile border during the 2003 gas conflict. The road trip forces them to confront their differences and shared history.

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What happens

Once Upon a Time in Bolivia (Spanish: Erase Una Vez en Bolivia) is a 2012 independent Bolivian road movie that was written, produced and directed by Patrick L Cordova. The film stars Luis Caballero and Miguel Angel Mamani as two half-brothers of mixed race who find themselves in a sprint to the Bolivia-Chile border. It is set against a backdrop of the 2003 Bolivian gas conflict and was shot during 2010 in the slums of El Alto and on El Altiplano in La Paz, Bolivia on a micro budget, using primarily non-professional actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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