Undertow (2009 film)

Undertow Spanish Contracorriente is a 2009 PeruvianColombian drama film directed by Javier FuentesLen and marks his directorial longfeature debut. Initial financing came from Germany and France with additional financing by Peru. The film shot in Cabo Blanco, Peru, won the World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S.A. Other Audience Awards included Cartagena, Montreal, Miami, Chicago, Utrecht, Lima, and Galway, as well as Jury Awards in Madrid, San Francisco, Seattle, Toulouse, and Philadelphia. It received a nomination as Best Latin American Film at the 2011 Goya Awards in Spain.

Miguel Cristian Mercado is a young fisherman of Cabo Blanco, a small village in northern Peru with specific traditions regarding death. He is married to Mariela Tatiana Astengo, who is pregnant with their first son, but he also has a secret affair with a male painter called Santiago Manolo Cardona.Santiago accidentally drowns at sea, and his ghost returns to ask Miguel to find his body, in order to bury it with their villages rituals. Miguel eventually finds Santiagos body in the water, but does not tell his ghost of the discovery. Meanwhile, the villagers discover nude paintings of Miguel at Santiagos house, fueling a rumour that he was having an affair. Mariela hears the rumours, confronts Miguel about them, and upon hearing him confess, she goes to her mothers house with their newborn child. ........

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