Story
An army in inhospitable territory between Bolivia and Paraguay seeks the enemy – and finds the biggest adversary in itself. A war film in which barely a shot is fired. The Chaco plateau, 1934. Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. A group of indigenous Bolivian soldiers are led by the gruff German commandant Hans Kundt. The European refuses to accept that their mission is long since without purpose. Every day, every exhausting march and hastily erected camp brings greater hunger, isolation and despair. Like shadows, Kundt and his men roam the hell of Chaco, a murderous world of dust and silence.
Director
DIEGO MONDACA (*1980 in Bolivia) studied film at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) in Cuba. After two documentaries, Chaco is his debut feature.Trailer
Info
Chaco
Fiction Feature
Quechua, Aymara, Spanish
Vitrina | FF2020
Bolivia, Argentina
2020
80 min
OV with English subtitles
Diego Mondaca
Diego Mondaca, César Díaz, Pilar Palomero
Raymundo Ramos, Omar Calisaya, Fausto Castellón, Fabián Arenillas, Mauricio Toledo
Camila Molina W., Álvaro Manzano, Bárbara Francisco, Georgina Baisch
Federico Lastra (ADF)
Nahuel Palenque
Delfina Castagnino, Valeria Racioppi (SAE), César Díaz
Alberto Villalpando
Javier Cuellar
Valeria Wilde Monasterios
Compañía de Cine
ColorMonster; Pasto; Murillo Cine
Paulina Portelo, Compañia de Cine: paulina@companiadecine.com