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Mi Barrios Altos querido

2019

79 minutes

Documentary

Overview

Five stories about dignity in the capital of Peru. A local leader looking for someone to leave the post of her complex work, a tourist guide who is a patron of the architectural heritage and Creole music, an ex-delinquent rescued by the Evangelical Church, a teenage dancer of Afro-Peruvian music forced to emigrate and a muralist of Bellas Artes son of Andean migrants, they try to get ahead in Barrios Altos, the most feared – but also most beloved – historic neighborhood of Lima.

Top Cast

Elsa Collado de Valentín headshot

Elsa Collado de Valentín

Ana Escobar Lara headshot

Ana Escobar Lara

David Ayala del Río "Cépeda" headshot

David Ayala del Río "Cépeda"

David Pino Bazalar headshot

David Pino Bazalar

Wilfredo Madalengoitia "Loco Willy" headshot

Wilfredo Madalengoitia "Loco Willy"