Extirpator of Idolatries
6.6
“A movie about the cultural resistance in a country besides diverse, divided.”
The police detective Waldo, of immersed and circumspect disposition and temper, investigates several crimes associated with indigenous rituals that occur in some regions of the Peruvian Andes. There we find a boy and a girl who are about to enter puberty and begin to interact with certain mythical beings, a supernatural belief very common in many Andean villages. A sinister character, pretending to be on a mission of faith, but imbued with religious dogmatism and intolerance, interrupts this peaceful scene as he casts an ominous shadow over these ancient Peruvian beliefs. Although Waldo's boss considers him inferior and distrusts his methods (a form of discrimination), the policeman continues his efforts to capture the "Extirpator of Idolatries.¨ At the same time, Waldo will resolve his own inner conflict which has troubled him all his life.
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Cast
28 people
Oswaldo Salas
Police detective Waldo Mamani / Mythical creature
Also in
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Holestepper
Magaly Solier
Mother of the boy
Known for
The Milk of Sorrow
Blackthorn
Manuel Siles
Roberto Gabriel Matallana
Diego Eslava
Paulina Bazán
Village girl
Also in
The Shape of Things to Come
Holestepper
Javier Neves
Marco Alvarado
Diego Yupanqui
Village boy
No other roles listed
Abraham Siles Vallejos
Jean Alcócer
Augusto Casafranca
extirpator of idolatries
Also in
empathetic
Yawarpampa: campo de sangre
Manuel Siles Director · Marco Alvarado Cinematographer Jean Alcócer Editor
Budget $60K · United States release April 5, 2014 · Produced in Peru
Box office
Budget
$60,000
Production
La Luna Pintada Producciones
Production
Peru
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Extirpador de Idolatrias
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Quechua · Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · March 21, 2014
Guadalajara International Film Festival
United States · April 5, 2014
Encuentro Mundial de Cine
Peru · April 14, 2016
Theatrical
Argentina
November 27, 2014 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
January 17, 2015 · People of Passion International Film Festival
Canada
September 17, 2018 · Alternative Film Festival
Chile
October 17, 2014 · Festival Internacional de Cine Rural Arica Nativa
Colombia
December 8, 2017 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 30, 2020 · internet Prague International Monthly Film Festival
France
April 10, 2015 · Festival de Cinéma Péruvien de Paris
India
July 8, 2020 · internet Madras Independent Film Festival
Iraq
September 11, 2015 · Duhok International Film Festival
Italy
July 26, 2014 · Isola del Cinema - Isola Mondo
Portugal
August 6, 2020 · internet New Cinema - Lisbon Monthly Film Festival
Romania
March 31, 2017 · 12 Months Film Festival
Russia
June 30, 2020 · internet Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival
Slovakia
December 7, 2020 · internet Kosice International Monthly Film Festival
Spain
May 14, 2016 · Premios Latino
Türkiye
February 17, 2021 · Andromeda Film Festival
United Kingdom
August 29, 2014 · Portobello Film Festival
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