Pérou: Un trésor caché

A big part of the documentary is about surfing. Then showing a small parts And not going in-depth about the ancient culture and natural attractions.

The movie and the title/description don't quite line up. Seems to be a movie about surfing in Peru.

This is simply an advertisement film. Just make us feel that Peru is an heaven on earth.

The documentary has good aesthetics, but it dwells for a long time on the subject of surfing, and showing many shots of a particular female surfer. These are nice to look at, but for a documentary titled "Peru: Hidden treasure", the time spent showcasing surfing on the coast of Peru comes at the expense of a more in-depth look at the country and it's natural attractions.

The production values are good, but not noteworthy - the surfing segments are probably the best; clearly the passion of the team filming this.

My biggest criticism is that the natural attractions are covered only fleetingly in a rushed way, with brief shots of this and that place without much explanation. The history side is covered a bit better, with Machu Picchu (obviously), as well as the Nazca Lines, Kuelap, and Caral-Supe featured briefly - given the scope of the documentary, probably adequately - but it's a real shame that so much of the 80 minutes is taken up by the surfing shots! For comparison, a much more well-rounded, excellent documentary of a (neighbouring) country is "Colombia magia salvaje".

I watched this with English sub-titles, not knowing Spanish. The narrator is a bit monotone, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, as his voice fades into the background as you read the sub-titles.

This documentary is such a mess. Slow and irrelevant with amateur, "just finished college" editing and directing skills. I don't even care that it spends so much time on surfing or whatever, pretty shots mostly but the way the film was constructed made me irritated constantly and couldn't enjoy the product.