By averaging 7:00 pm on Friday, November 26, 2021, the death of prominent Peruvian filmmaker Óscar Catacora, who directed the award-winning film shot entirely in Aymara, was confirmed. Wiñaypacha. At 34 years of age, the director went down in the history of national cinema as one of its greatest figures. The Puno filmmaker He was working on his next film and that is why he had traveled to the heights of El Collao, Ilave, where according to sources close to the filmmaker, Catacora perished of appendicitis.
Wiñaypacha It was the first film by the Puno director, a film that became a candidate for the Oscars and Goya awards. Made during the first months of 2018, at 31 years of age Catacora achieved what no other filmmaker in the regions had achieved until that moment. entirely in Aymara.
When was Wiñaypacha released?
Wiñaypacha, shot entirely in Aymara, transports us to the corner of the Peruvian Andes at the feet of the majestic Allincapac. The protagonists, Willka and Phaxsi, They survive the freezing solitude and inclement passage of time, hopeful with the long-awaited return of their only son who emigrated to the city.
Wiñaypacha was officially released for the first time in only 10 Peruvian theaters on April 19, 2018 and in the cities of Puno, Juliaca, Cusco, Arequipa, Huancayo and Lima and against all odds, it managed to stay up to 5 weeks on the billboard.
Óscar Catacora on Wiñaypacha
In an interview conducted by La República in September 2018, Óscar Catacora pointed out that his intention with Wiñaypacha was to revalue Aymara culture. “Say: ‘We are here, we exist,'” he said. “It is an important film because it addresses issues such as cultural identity and family disintegration, problems of the current society in which we live. Furthermore, for us it was a means to expose a language that has been relegated by many ”, he told us on that occasion.
Wiñaypacha: cast
The elderly couple starring in Óscar Catacora’s film, Wiñaypacha are: Vicente Catacora and Rosa Nina.
Trailer of Wiñaypacha on Netflix
Where to see complete Wiñaypacha online?
Wiñaypacha We can currently see it through the streaming platform Netflix.
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