Ulises

Ulises

2011 · 85 min · Drama

The emotional life story of a Peruvian immigrant in Chile is the subject of this nuanced character study of a man uprooted from home by economic necessity and suffering loneliness and dislocation. Higher wages can’t fill the void created by separation from everything that is important to him.

Directed by Oscar Godoy · Written by Daniel Laguna

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