Platamama
Documentary | 2018 | 80min
A Bolivian family leaves their country, their culture, and their traditions behind; distancing themselves from the Pachamama in search of the God that can be found in the big cities, the "Platamama". The documentary follows the family of immigrants living in São Paulo and working in the sewing industry for big clothing brands. Showing their daily routine, the film portrays a work-centered life under precarious circumstances: they are neither in their native land nor in any land, where consumerism and dreams are their only escape from reality.
Directed by Alice Riff
Film Companies Studio Riff and Paideia Filmes
Screenwriter Alice Riff
Executive producer Heverton Lima
Film editing by Yuri Amaral
Cinematography by Dan de Carvalho
Sound mixer Rubén Valdez
Sound editor Mariana Vieira
Movie poster Ana Prata e Guilherme Ginane
With
Denilson Chiara Manami, Carmen Manami, Pamela Ruth Apaza, Mari Apaza, Richards Tex Brown Mahaney
The project won the best project in development at Bolivia Lab 2015; and participated at Brasil Cinemundi - Coproduction Meeting 2014 - and Atlantic Doc (Development Laboratory, Uruguay).
FESTIVALS
Tiradentes Film Festival, 2018