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Mother lode

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Mother lode

Mother lode

original title:

Mother lode

directed by:

Matteo Tortone

screenplay:

Matteo Tortone

cinematography:

Patrick Tresch, Patrick Tresch

editing:

Enrico Giovannone

music:

Ivan Pisino

producer:

Nadège Labé, Matteo Tortone, Margot Mecca, Alexis Taillant, Benjamin Poumey

production:

Wendigo Films, Malfè Film, C-Side Productions, with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte

distribution:

ZaLab [Italy], Film Movement [Canada], Juste Distribution [France], Mirada [Mexico], Film Movement [United States]

world sales:

Intramovies [Italy]

country:

France / Italy / Switzerland

year:

2021

film run:

86'

format:

b/w

release date:

19/05/2022

festivals & awards:

Jorge, 21 years old, lives in Santa Maria del Triumpho, in Lima. He is a moto-taxi driver, and dreams to become a mechanic.
He wants a better future for him and his family. That’s why he travel along the Perù to a well known gold mine: La Rinconada.
Someone call this town, the highest town in the world (5300 mt), the new Eldorado. But there are a also a lot of rumors about the dark side of it. Violence, rituals, sacrificies.
An initiatory journey. A one way gold rush.