In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, Saor, a young androgynous Indian, carries a coffin. He is taking Valentina, his lover, back to her native village to bury her. When Valentina left this village years ago, before becoming a transgender singer in a faraway city, people here knew her as Pol. Valentina's past and death remain an enigma. Yet bit by bit, through his encounters with the people of the village, Saor begins to perceive what connected them to Pol. Sensitive to the world around him, Saor, like a Shaman, enters their memories. Saor starts to understand that, like all homosexuals persecuted by Shining Path terrorists, Pol lived in terror. In the village cemetery, between rage and bitterness, Saor attends the burial of Valentina's body. A ceremony that is both a burial and an exhumation.
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Bénédicte Liénard Director · Mary Jiménez Freeman-Morris Director Virginie Surdej Cinematographer
First release August 16, 2024 · Produced in Belgium, France · Production Tu Vas Voir, Perpetua Cine
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Clin d'oeil Films
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Tu Vas Voir
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Perpetua Cine
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SNG Film (Studio Nieuwe Gronden)
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Belgium · France
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Original title
Fuga
Original language
Spanish
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Spanish
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United Kingdom · August 16, 2024
Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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France
November 22, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Chéries Chéris
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