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Overview
- Countries: France / Italy / Switzerland
- Year: 2021
- Type: feature documentary
- Duration: 86 minutes
- Format / color: black and white
- Shooting language: Spanish
- Categories: Feature Films, Documentaries
- Producers: Alexis Taillant, Nadège Labé, Margot Mecca, Benjamin Poumey
- Companies: Wendigo Films, Malfé Film, C-Side Productions
- With the support of: CNC | Aides aux Cinémas du Monde | Procirep Angoa | Eurimages | MIC-Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo | Piemonte Doc Film Fund | Ibermedia | OFC, Cinéforom, Loterie Romande, RTS
Synopsis
Jorge leaves his moto-taxi business in the suburbs of Lima and his family to seek fortune as a miner, reaching the highest and most dangerous Andean goldmine in Peru. Lost under a glacier in the mountains, La Rinconada is ‘the closest city to the sky’. It attracts thousands of seasonal workers like Jorge, seeking a lucky strike and a better life. Here starts a journey full of presages, where reality blends with magic, where the myth of richness is built over a sacrifice: every now and then, miners mysteriously disappear, since gold belongs to the Devil, El Tio de la Mina requires sacrifices.
Trailer
Press
Mother Lode - Critique Film
French review of the film released as La mine du diable.
Mother Lode - Movieplayer
Review of Matteo Tortone's film for its theatrical release.
Mother Lode - Cinefilos
Review of Mother Lode, between documentary, fiction and black-and-white imagery.
Credits
- Director: Matteo Tortone
- Screenplay: Mathieu Granier, Matteo Tortone
- Cinematography: Patrick Tresch S.C.S
- Editing: Enrico Giovannone
- Original score: Ivan Pisino
- Producers: Alexis Taillant, Nadège Labé, Margot Mecca, Benjamin Poumey
- Production: Wendigo Films, Malfé Film, C-Side Productions
- Cast: José Luis Nazarios Campos, Damian Segundo Vospey, Maximiliana Campos Guzman
Watch the film
Festivals & Awards
Archive periodically updated from external sources.
Participations (44)
Malfé archive
| 2026 | gen · Non Ci Sto - Storie di Piccole Grandi Rivoluzioni · Panorama |
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| 2024 | nov · Cine Italiano Vivo · Panorama |
| 2024 | giu · Festival de Cine Italiano · Panorama |
| 2023 | dic · Festival International du Film d'Autrans · Séances Panoramas |
| 2023 | ago · Der Neue Heimatfilm Film Festival · Fokus: Zalab |
| 2023 | giu · Shanghai International Film Festival · Documentaries |
| 2023 | feb · Festival International Filmer le Travail · Avant-Premieres |
| 2022 | nov · Dharamshala International Film Festival |
| 2022 | nov · DOC NYC · Kaleidoscope Competition |
| 2022 | ott · Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival · Long Film Competition |
| 2022 | ott · FilmFest Osnabruck · Vistas Latinas |
| 2022 | ott · Mirage "Art of the Real" Festival · Main Competition |
| 2022 | set · Labour Film Festival · Labour.Doc |
| 2022 | nov · Scoprir - Mostra del Cinema Iberoamericano di Roma · Panorama |
| 2022 | set · “Terra!” Festival di Fotografia e Cinema · Panorama |
| 2022 | ago · Etats Generaux du Film Documentaire · Panorama |
| 2022 | ago · Laguna Sud. Il Cinema Fuori dal Palazzo · Panorama |
| 2022 | ago · Mantova Film Fest · Filmdoc |
| 2022 | ago · MoliseCinema · Frontiere. Concorso Documentari |
| 2022 | lug · Festival SiciliAmbiente · Concorso Documentari |
| 2022 | ago · Asincronie - Festival del Cinema Documentario e della Fotografia · Panorama |
| 2022 | giu · Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara · Panorama Internacional |
| 2022 | dic · ISREAL · Concorso |
| 2022 | mag · Le Giornate del Rifugiato · Panorama |
| 2022 | giu · Nuovi Mondi Film Festival · Concorso Doc |
| 2022 | mag · Bellaria Film Festival · Concorso Casa Rossa |
| 2022 | apr · Zagreb Dox · Regional Competition |
| 2022 | apr · Festival di Cinema Africano d'Asia e d'America Latina - FESCAAAL · Concorso EXTR'A |
| 2022 | mar · Festival Les Reflets d'Amerique Latine · Panorama |
| 2022 | mar · Glocal Film Festival · Panoramica Doc |
| 2022 | gen · Doc Point · International Selections |
| 2022 | gen · Solothurner Film Festival - Giornate di Soletta · Panorama Longs Metrages |
| 2021 | nov · Festival de Cine Italiano de Madrid · Concorso Lungometraggi |
| 2021 | nov · International Thessaloniki Film Festival · International Competition |
| 2021 | ott · DOC Lisboa · Da Terra a Lua |
| 2021 | set · Le Giornate della Mostra in Veneto · Panorama |
| 2021 | ott · Milano MovieWeek · Panorama |
| 2021 | ott · Venezia a Napoli: Il Cinema Esteso · Panorama |
| 2021 | set · Annecy Cinema Italien · Concorso |
| 2021 | set · Da Venezia a Roma e nel Lazio · Panorama |
| 2021 | set · Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia · Settimana della Critica - Concorso |
| 2021 | gen · Scena - Spazio Cinema, Eventi e Nuove Attivita' · Panorama |
| 2019 | nov · Torino Film Festival · Agoraa' Work-in-Progress |
| 2018 | gen · Trieste Film Festival · When East Meets West |
Awards and nominations
- 2022 lug, Festival SiciliAmbiente: Premio AAMOD Premio Migliore Documentario
- 2022 apr, Festival di Cinema Africano d'Asia e d'America Latina - FESCAAAL: Premio Concorso EXTR'A
- 2020 dic, Milano Industry Days - MID: Premio Speciale
- 2019 nov, Torino Film Festival: Eurimages Lab Award