TRISTEZAS DE LA LUCHA

Sorrows of the Struggle

Paraguay. 2014. . 7 min. Experimental. .
  • Film Director: Paz Encina.
  • Scriptwriter: Paz Encina.
  • Cast: Jorge López.
  • Cinematography: Willi Behnisc.
  • Editing: Mon Ross.
  • Sound: Mon Ross.

A fiction based on the text of author Rafael Barret in which a man under house arrest calls two family members. Although the cause of his sentence is ambiguous, his words extract the political situation of the country, the reflection on the condition of the social classes and the fear and solitude that accompany a prisoner.



Paz Encina

She is one of the greatest creative talents of Latin-American Cinema nowadays. She studied Filmmaking in Buenos Aires and, once returned to Paraguay, she produces video installations and directs short films. In 2006 she directs her first feature-length film ‘La hamaca paraguaya’, which turned into one of the most outstanding films of Latin-American Cinema of 21. Century. It won awards as important as of the Critique FIPRESCI of the Festival en Cannes (2006) as well as, among others, the Luis Buñuel award for the best Latin-American film (2006). At the moment, she prepares her second feature- length film called ‘Ejercitos de Memoria’.

"Ejercicios de Memoria" (2015) / "Arribo" (2014) / "Familiar" (2014) /  "Viento Sur" (2011) / "Río Paraguay" (2010)  / "Hamaca paraguaya" (2006) / "Supe que estabas triste" (2000) / "Hamaca Paraguaya" (2000) / "Los encantos del jazmín" (2000) / "La Siesta" (1997) / "Rastros" (1996)