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By the Name of Tania

2019-02-10
8
en 85m
Documentary
The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.

Director

Mary Jimenez Freeman-Morris

Co-Producer

Julie Freres

Co-Producer

Javier Packer-Comyn

Co-Producer

Frank Hoeve

Co-Producer

Camille Laemlé

Writer

Bénédicte Liénard

Status

Released

Countries

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Peru

Companies

  • Clin d'oeil Films
  • CBA
  • Fonds Audiovisuel de Flandres (VAF)
  • Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB