WASTELANDS
by Miriam Heard
synopsis
After working in Iraq as mercenaries, two Chilean brothers struggle with the horrors of post-traumatic stress disorder. When Pelao kills himself, Jorge embarks on a journey with his brother’s ex-wife to take his ashes to their ancestral village on the Altiplano. Wastelands is an intimate and powerful drama about the hidden face of war, about sibling rivalry and love, guilt and forgiveness.
international title: | Wastelands |
original title: | Tierra Yerma |
country: | Chile, France, United Kingdom |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Miriam Heard |
screenplay: | Miriam Heard |
cast: | Julio Milostich, Erto Pantoja, Heidrun Breier |
cinematography by: | André Szankowski |
film editing: | Luca Alverdi |
art director: | Guillermo Salinas, Erika Pulgar-Cáceres |
costumes designer: | Amparo Aguirre |
music: | Jorge Arriagada |
producer: | Miriam Heard, Anna Holburn, Gregorio González |
co-producer: | Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Laurent Baujard |
production: | Paprika Films, Echo Art Films (GB), Forastero (GB) |