PIEDRA SOLA New Auteurs

USA Premiere

Following the film, AFI FEST Lead Screening Committee Member Cedar Sherbert leads a conversation between filmmaker Alejandro Telémaco Tarraf and cinematographer Alberto Balazs.

Nestled deep in the remote Argentinian mountainside lives a llama herder with his family. He regularly travels the arduous route over the rugged terrain with his son to sell hides and meat in the nearest city, but their livelihood is threatened when the animals begin to die, attacked by an unseen puma. Following local custom, the father will present the puma with an offering, undertaking a spiritual journey that will connect him with his ancestors. With an incredible cast of indigenous non-actors and through immersive cinematography and sound design, Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf’s astounding feature debut combines documentary realism with the supernatural beauty of the landscape to weave a fantastic and enigmatic fable of majestic proportions. –Malin Kan