Loxoro
Pilar González, Canela Paima, Mónica Mendoza, Ruby Calvo, Valeria Castillo, Karla Camacho
Loxoro by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2011, Berlinale Shorts
Lima, Peru. Darkness.
Makuti, a middle-aged single mother is desperately searching for her nineteen-year-old daughter Mía who left home to work on the streets. Makuti and her daughter are no ordinary women: they are transsexuals and their language is known as Loxoro.
This film tells the story of a search that crosses boundaries into a remote and unknown world where the unfamiliar is the familiar.
Makuti, a middle-aged single mother is desperately searching for her nineteen-year-old daughter Mía who left home to work on the streets. Makuti and her daughter are no ordinary women: they are transsexuals and their language is known as Loxoro.
This film tells the story of a search that crosses boundaries into a remote and unknown world where the unfamiliar is the familiar.
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Claudia Llosa
The director returned to the Berlinale with a short film, after being awarded the Golden Bear for her feature film La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) at the Berlinale 2009.
Loxoro · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 16, 2012
Claudia Llosa
The director won the Golden Bear for her feature film La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) at the Berlinale 2009.
Loxoro · Berlinale Shorts · Teddy Award · Feb 17, 2012