The panoramic shots are breathtaking: a majestic mountain landscape in winter, flat-roofed tin shacks cowering next to one other, women perched on steep slopes using primitive tools to break through pieces of rock. La Rinconada is situated over 5,000 meters high in the Peruvian Andes, on the edge of a gold mine. This 21st century El Dorado is an inhospitable place, where untold numbers of people live and work in the most precarious of conditions, hoping both for gold and a better life. Salomé Lamas has constructed a cinematic diptych to convey the extremity of this situation and the dimensions of its misery without having to resort to graphic images.
Directing | Salomé Lamas | Director |
Camera | Luis Armando Arteaga | Director of Photography |
Sound | Bruno Moreira Dias | Sound |
Editing | Telmo Churro | Editor |
Editing | Rita Quelhas | Assistant Editor |
Sound | Miguel Martins | Sound Editor |
Sound | Aleksandra Stojanovic | Foley Artist |
Sound | Vladan Nedeljkov | Foley Recordist |
Sound | Fred Bielle | Sound Mixer |
Editing | Caíque de Souza | Colorist |
Sound | João Lobo | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Norberto Lobo | Original Music Composer |
Production | Raquel da Silva | Production Manager |
Crew | Juan Quispe | Catering |
Production | Lali Madueño | Head of Production |
Production | Joaquim Carvalho | Producer |
Production | Cristina Almeida | Producer |
Production | Fabienne Martinot | Producer |
Production | Sofia Bénard | Producer |
Production | Aline Alves | Accountant |
Production | Amadeu Dores | Accountant |
Production | Francine Cadet | Production Coordinator |
Production | Marion Schreiber | Assistant Production Coordinator |
Production | Cyrille De Laleu | Administration |
Crew | Elodie Latriglia | Administrative Assistant |
Production | Celine Wald | Production Coordinator |
Production | César Egoavil | Accountant |
Production | Luís Urbano | Producer |
Production | Sandro Aguilar | Producer |
Production | Thomas Ordonneau | Co-Producer |
Production | Maxim Holland | Associate Producer |