Potosi, a rural town in Latin America, is the crossfire of the ravaging that has devastated the north of the country. An accident along a deserted road connects three stories, an 82 year old goat herder that has not shot his gun in 40 years, a woman who is a victim of domestic violence and a humble peasant living on guard to protect his family from the country’s war against organized crime.
Cinematography
Bleached landscapes that suffocate.
Acting
Arcelia Ramírez's wordless resilience.
Direction
Castruita's refusal to look away.
Director
Alfredo Castruita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Potosí is one of the few Mexican films to center cartel violence's impact on rural indigenous communities rather than urban narco-glamour.
Director Castruita cast actual goat herders from the real Potosí region; Don Quintero's hands in close-up are not the actor's.
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