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A monumental, gently mystical portrait of the contemporary central South American cityscape and those who work within its bowels and environs. After a seven-day walk with his companions, the young Elder arrives in the big city seeking to be reinstated in his work at the mine. The city is overwhelming, and Elder soon falls ill, causing him to suffer frequent choking and shortness of breath. As his condition gets worse, he enlists the help of the elderly Mamá Pancha, who sends him to Max - a homeless witch doctor, hermit, and clown - who could have the ability to bring Elder back to life. Set in the alternately harsh and beautiful terrain of La Paz, Bolivia, El Gran Movimiento is a spellbinding and hypnotic journey into a psychological space that touches upon the supernatural.

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• 2021 Venice Film Festival WINNER! Venice Horizons Award, Special Jury Prize
• 2022 Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival WINNER! Grand Jury Prize, Best Film
• From Writer / Director Kiro Russo (Dark Skull, New Life)
• Winner of 16 International Awards and nominated for 18 more
• For fans of the films of Werner Herzog, David Lynch, and Terrence Malick
• Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a perfect 100% Tomatometer score

Press Quotes

Packed to the gills with formal and thematic playfulness. A dark film, but a fun one too.

     —David Jenkins, Little White Lies

It's a small miracle that such a stylistic pick and mix should cohere into something satisfying, but it does.

     —Jonathan Holland, Screen International

'El Gran Movimiento' has clearly been designed as an intuitive experience... as an incantatory exercise, [it] is pleasingly disorienting

     —Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times

An exhilarating and revelatory city symphony

     —William Repass, Slant Magazine