The Milk of Sorrow (2009)

Written by: Claudia Llosa
Directed by:Claudia Llosa

Peruvian drama about a young native-Indian woman in Lima that suffers from “scared breast”; the consequences of being the child of a raped woman. Thanks to both brilliant acting/directing and good camerawork this is a very beautiful film, and there is a lot of held-back pain being portrayed here. But somehow the story never reaches its possible potential. It didn’t really touch me nor did it release the possible energy it could have. Probably a script issue.

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