The Anatomy of the Horses (2025)
Feature fiction film, written and directed by Daniel Vidal Toche
Synopsis
1781. Ángel Pumacahua, a defeated revolutionary, flees to his home in the remote highlands of the Peruvian Andes. From outer space, a meteorite follows the same path, leaving a massive crater in his village. When he arrives, time is no longer the same: the 21st century welcomes him, and his revolution no longer matters.
Eustaquia, a young llama shepherd, searches for her missing sister. Everyone in the village believes she was struck by the meteorite. As Ángel helps Eustaquia mobilize the authorities to begin the search, both will ask themselves: what does revolution mean today?
A production by Playa Chica, Pioneros Producciones, Elamedia, Mito Films, Los Niños Films, Promenades Films / Associate production Isilik Studio / Supported by ICAA, DAFO, WCF Europe de Berlinale, Ibermedia Coproducción / International sales by LOCO Films
Countries Spain, Peru, Colombia, France / Original version Spanish, Quechua / Format 4K DCP / 106 min / Production year 2025
Festivals and awards
- KARLOVY VARY (KVIFF) 2025 – Official Selection Proxima Competition
- FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA (SEFF) 2025 – Official Selection (Competition) – Best Photography Award – Best Art Direction Award
- MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA EM SÃO PAULO 2025 – Official Selection New Directors Competition
- FESTIVAL DE TORINO (TFF) 2025 – Official Selection (Competition) – The FIPRESCI International Critics’ Award
- NOVOS CINEMAS (Festival Internacional de Cinema de Pontevedra) 2025 – Official Selection
- FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE LIMA PUCP 2026 – Official Selection (Competition) of Latin American feature films – Best Peruvian Feature Film in Competition, given by the PUCP Community (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú).
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