By the Name of Tania
The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.
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By the Name of Tania
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 10, 2019
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
80%
Original Title
Sous le nom de Tania
Production Companies
Clin d'oeil Films, CBA, Fonds Audiovisuel de Flandres (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, Cinétroupe, Fonds Audiovisuel des Pays-Bas (NFF), Creative Europe Media, RTBF, VRT, BALDR, Dérives
Director
Mary Jimenez Freeman-Morris
Description
The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.
