Jerónimo de Ávila is the son of a Spanish conqueror and an Indian princess. A half-breed without inheritance, he has fought for many years in the European wars and has returned to Peru in 1618 seeking to have his name, his legitimacy and his property recognized. In Lima he finds himself driven into conspiracies and quarrels and ends as an outlaw, not only of colonial justice but of the ecclesiastical Court for the Extirpation of Idolatry. As he tries to find his Indian mother, he meets Inés Vargas, a novice who hides her true and forbidden calling: writing poems.
Augusto Tamayo
Peruvian filmmaker born in Lima in 1953. He studied at the National Film School in London, under teachers like editor Ernest Walter, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Jerzy Skolimowski. Between 1976 and 1978, he directed five short films, and in 1978 he filmed ‘Mercadotecnia’, included in the omnibus film ‘Immoral Tales’, which won an award at the Cartagena Film Festival and was selected for the Moscow Film Festival. His filmography includes feature films such as ‘La fuga del chacal’ (1987), ‘Go, Run, Fly’ (1995), ‘The Good Bastard’ (2001), ‘Crossing a Shadow’ (2007), ‘The Vigil’ (2010), ‘Mystic Rose’ (2018), and ‘Sebastiana: The Curse’ (2019). He holds a master's degree in creative writing from the University of San Marcos and currently serves as president of the Peruvian Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
DIRECTOR
Augusto Tamayo
SCREENPLAY
Augusto Tamayo, Alejandro Rossi
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Juan Durand
EDITOR
Augusto Tamayo
SOUND
Guillermo Palacios
MUSIC
Víctor Villavicencio, Irene Vivanco
PRODUCTION
Augusto Tamayo, Nathalie Hendrickx
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Argos Producciones Audiovisuales, Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica
CAST
Diego Bertie, Jimena Lindo, Orlando Sacha, Paul Vega, Manuel Luna, Delfina Paredes, Enrique Victoria, José Enrique Mavila
