Paloma de papel

2003
1h 30m

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Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10... Read allJuan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a sympathizer with... Read allJuan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with Fermin, secretly a sympathizer with the Communist guerrillas in the hills. Town leaders are assassinated at night. When Juan ... Read all

Director
- Fabrizio Aguilar
Writers
- Fabrizio Aguilar
- Gianfranco Annichini
Stars

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6.8/10

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Director
- Fabrizio Aguilar
Writers
- Fabrizio Aguilar
- Gianfranco Annichini
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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7mariofs

Agree??

Paloma de Papel, is a film that narrates the story of a boy living on the highlands of Peru and suffers the effect of terrorism in his community and is later kidnap by these terrorist and then forgotten by society after being taken by the police. Even though there are some mistakes in the direction, i think this movies has achieved to show the effect of terrorism, not in a historical way but in a some kind of metaphor. The acting of the main character was simply OK. But the preformance of the parents and the terrorist girls was great of not spectacular. I believe this movie is a great vision of Peru, the background with the highlands is simply impressive and it makes Peruvians really proud of our country. Latin people should see this movie because we have been affected by terrorism, and other: European and US should also see it to appreciate the greatness of Latin America and Peru.

8jjueves

Interesting take on child indoctrination

Paper Dove it's a movie that recounts the pre-90's time of terrorism in Peru, it's situated into an imaginary town where we follow the story of Juan and the crossroad he has to involuntarily take between the military, the ronderos and the terrorists . The movie tries to remain objective and express into a general narrative that can easily be applied to any ideology that turns into disaster once real human lives are involved. Fabrizio Aguilar does a great narrative job but lacks into too wide generalizations and sometimes soap-opera like situations that limit with the unbelievable. Otherwise great movie and very much worth a watch