
ZONA SUR
a.k.a. “Southern District”
SUNDANCE, WINNER: SCREENWRITING AND DIRECTING AWARDS
SYNOPSIS
Nestled in the lush valley of La Paz, Bolivia, the upper-class suburb of Zona Sur has sheltered the country’s wealthy elite for many years. Here, in an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled progeny and her Indigenous Aymaran butler. As the mother fights with her oversexed son and clashes with her petulant daughter, her six-year-old son rambles the rooftops unnoticed. Decline hangs in the air, and the threat of aristocratic privileges changing hands signifies a new chapter of a prickly and ill-fated class war.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Tokyo International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival (WINNER: Screenwriting and Directing Awards)
Berlinale; Berlin International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Guadalajara International Film Festival (WINNER: Best Script, Best Actor, Best Director)
DETAILS
DIRECTOR
Juan Carlos Valdivia
RUNNING TIME
108 minutes
GENRE(S)
Drama
CAST
Ninón del Castillo
Pascual Loayza
Nicolás Fernández
Juan Pablo Koria
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