Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village

Against the celebration, in 1992, of the 500 years of the so-called "Discovery of America." Short that claims our language and culture.

There are only three ways out, by boat, by plane, or by Gringa. Manuel (Nirvado Carillo) is a destitute farmhand from the Andes with little hopes for the future. Armed with a manual on how to charm a Gringa, he hopes to get a new start.

13 year-old Killari, is chosen by the Spirit of tutelary gods as a scissors dancer. Her mother, Agucha, opposes because she lost her husband, Pacha, in a duel with Lucifer and couldn’t tell him about her pregnancy, a guilt she carries all her life. She hides Pacha’s death from Killari. Remigio, her grandfather, silent from grief, finds hope in Killari’s dance interest. He decides to teach her the secrets of scissors dancing to defeat Lucifer and uphold the family legacy.

The famous Peruvian singer Luis Abanto Morales sings Cholo Soy while Cesar Galindo gives justice to indigenous Peruvians in a condensed cinematic sequence of documentary and fictional scenes.

The Matusita house has been abandoned in the center of Lima for 50 years. A haunted house where all Lima's accidents are said to be housed. Some upper-class people around a dinner table bet, the loser has to spend the night in Matusita. It will be a meeting with the sorrows and dreams of the Peruvian people.