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Bolivia10 Essential Films from BoliviaStop 4 of 10

La nación clandestina

1989

Cast out years earlier from his Aymara community, a man returns carrying a great ceremonial mask of death, resolved to perform a ritual dance to the very end. Jorge Sanjinés's haunting meditation on identity, exile, and belonging.

Part of 10 Essential Films from Bolivia

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Bolivia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Bolivia in the 196 country film challenge.