Extirpator of Idolatries

Extirpator of Idolatries
Official poster
Directed by Manuel Siles
Produced by Abraham Siles
Screenplay by Manuel Siles
Starring Oswaldo Salas
Magaly Solier
Augusto Casafranca
Paulina Bazán
Diego Yupanqui
Music by Diego Eslava
Cinematography Marco Alvarado
Edited by Jean Alcócer
Production
company
La Luna Pintada Producciones
Release date
Running time
 86 minutes
Country Peru
Language Spanish
Quechua

Extirpator of Idolatries (Spanish: Extirpador de idolatrías) is a Peruvian feature film written and directed by Manuel Siles, completed in 2014 and released commercially in Peru in 2016.

Plot

The police detective Waldo, of circumspect disposition and temper, investigates several crimes associated with indigenous rituals that occur in some regions of the Peruvian Andes. There a boy and a girl who are about to enter puberty begin to interact with certain mythical beings, a supernatural belief very common in many Andean villages. A sinister character (the “Extirpator of Idolatries”), pretending to be on a mission of faith, but imbued with religious dogmatism and intolerance, interrupts this peaceful scene as he casts an ominous shadow over these ancient Peruvian beliefs. Although Waldo’s boss considers him inferior and distrusts his methods, the policeman continues his efforts to capture the “Extirpator of Idolatries”. At the same time, Waldo will resolve his own inner conflict which has troubled him all his life.

Cast

Oswaldo Salas (police detective Waldo Mamani)
Magaly Solier (mother of the boy)
Paulina Bazán (the girl) and Diego Yupanqui (the boy)
Augusto Casafranca (extirpator of idolatries)
  • Oswaldo Salas as police detective Waldo Mamani / Mythical creature
  • Magaly Solier as mother of the boy
  • Augusto Casafranca as extirpator of idolatries / Mythical creature
  • Paulina Bazán as the girl
  • Diego Yupanqui as the boy
  • Renato Gianoli as chief police
  • Oscar Ludeña as police deputy / Mythical creature
  • Fiorella Flores as TV journalist
  • Amiel Cayo as shaman / Mythical creature
  • Julián Vargas as innkeeper
  • Firelei Barreda as widow
  • Ana Arce as mother of the girl / Mythical creature
  • Diana Castro as victim

Reception

Critical response

Extirpador of idolatries had a positive reception from audiences and critics at international film festivals, winning sixteen prizes,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] and obtaining five nominations. Peruvian critics praised the film after its premiere in Lima[8], film critic Sebastián Pimentel of the newspaper El Comercio calls it "a new title among the best of Peruvian cinema in recent years." He praises the work of the leading actor ("great Oswaldo Salas") and the director ("Siles has assimilated well a modern film tradition that goes beyond Europe - come to mind 'Antonio das Mortes' of the Brazilian Glauber Rocha, even the most contemporary films by Claudia Llosa, through the cinema of the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul - As in the cases cited, far from verbalizing facts, Siles explores affections, beliefs, imaginaries, the latter taking the form of dreams or hallucinations that challenge the realism of what we see "). He considers it one of the 20 best commercial premieres in Peru in 2016, being one of only three Peruvian films included in the list.[9] In the newspaper La República, the film critic Federico de Cárdenas qualifies it with 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "valuable opera prima", praises photography ("remarkable photography and camera of Marco Antonio Alvarado") and Magaly Solier's performance.[10] Film critic Ricardo Bedoya considers it "one of the most suggestive Peruvian films of recent times".[11]

Awards

Year Recipient Award Category Result
2014 Manuel Siles Encuentro Mundial de Cine, Denver, USA Best Director Won
2014 Oswaldo Salas Encuentro Mundial de Cine, Denver, USA Best Actor Won
2014 Extirpator of Idolatries Encuentro Mundial de Cine, Denver, USA Best Feature Film Nominated
2014 Manuel Siles Monteria International Film Festival, Colombia Best Screenplay Won
2014 Extirpator of Idolatries Lima Independiente International Film Festival, Peru Audience Award Won
2014 Extirpator of Idolatries London Latin American Film Festival, UK Audience Award Nominated
2014 Oswaldo Salas CinemAvvenire Film Festival, Rome, Italy Best Actor Won
2015 Extirpator of Idolatries Pasto International Film Festival, Colombia Best Feature Film Won
2015 Extirpator of Idolatries National Project Competition International Film Promotion, Ministry of Culture of Peru Won
2016 Extirpator of Idolatries Latino Awards, Marbella, Spain Best Peruvian Feature Film Won
2016 Manuel Siles Latino Awards, Marbella, Spain Best Director in Peruvian Film Won
2016 Manuel Siles Latino Awards, Marbella, Spain Best Screenplay in Peruvian Film Won
2016 Diego Eslava Latino Awards, Marbella, Spain Best Original Peruvian Music Won
2016 Extirpator of Idolatries Latino Awards, Marbella, Spain Best Peruvian Social Feature Film Won
2016 Extirpator of Idolatries Luces Awards, Lima, Peru Best Feature Film Nominated
2016 Oswaldo Salas Luces Awards, Lima, Peru Best Actor Nominated
2016 Magaly Solier Luces Awards, Lima, Peru Best Actress Nominated
2016 Extirpator of Idolatries El Comercio newspaper, Peru The Best 20 Feature Films Released in Peru in 2016 Won
2016 Extirpator of Idolatries La República newspaper, Peru Best Feature Films of 2016 in Peru Won
2017 Extirpator of Idolatries 12 Months Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Best Feature Film of the Month (3rd Place) Finalist
2017 Extirpator of Idolatries Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival, Los Angeles de San Rafael, Segovia, Spain Best Feature Film Finalist
2017 Extirpator of Idolatries Los Angeles Cinefest, Los Angeles, California, USA Best Feature Film Semifinalist
2017 Extirpator of Idolatries FROSTBITE International Film Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Best Feature Film Won
2017 Extirpator of Idolatries Latino Film Market, New York City, New York, USA Best International Latino Feature Film Won
2018 Extirpator of Idolatries Mosaic Film Festival, Clarkston, Georgia, USA Best Feature Fiction Won
2018 Extirpator of Idolatries AltFF Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Best Drama, Feature Category Semifinalist

Trivia

  • Shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera
  • For the filming of the children's scene with the mythical beings, a large number of actors and extras were needed. As a matter of budget, the actors of the film, Oswaldo Salas, Augusto Casafranca, Oscar Ludeña, Amiel Cayo and Ana Arce supported the filming personifying a group of mythical beings. The actress Katerina D'Onofrio also participated as a cameo role. Karina Chocos, mother in the real life of Paulina Bazán, also acted as a mythical being.

References

  1. ↑ "Cine peruano premiado en festivales extranjeros". larepublica.pe. April 13, 2014. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Awards". www.imdb.com. June 5, 2014. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Doce:30 y Extirpador de idolatrías ganaron festival". larepublica.pe. June 9, 2014. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fallo final del Concurso Nacional de Proyectos de Promoción Internacional 2015". dafo.cultura.pe. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Éxito rotundo en la gran noche de Premios Latino". premioslatino.es. May 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Filme Extirpador de idolatrías gana nuevos premios". larepublica.pe. May 17, 2016. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Filme Extirpador de idolatrías gana premio en el Latino Film Market de New York". lasamericasnews.com. August 22, 2017. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Extirpador de Idolatrías: se estrenó en Lima película protagonizada por Magaly Solier". larepublica.pe. April 15, 2016. Archived from the original on June 21, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Las 20 Mejores Películas Estrenadas en Perú el 2016". elcomercio.pe. December 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Recuento Lo Mejor del Cine del 2016". larepublica.pe. January 1, 2017. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Extirpador de idolatrías". paginasdeldiariodesatan.com. April 16, 2016. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
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