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• Cannes 2019 (Debut)
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Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Pablo MELLADO, Marianne FUENTEALBA
Writer(s) : Pablo MELLADO
Cast : Arturo BARAHONA, Mauro LOPEZ, Betty VASQUEZ

Producer(s) : Marianne FUENTEALBA (Yawar Producciones), Carolina LAZO (Yawar Producciones), Pablo MELLADO (Yawar Producciones)

In the cultural manifestations of the north of Chile, within the diversity a red-skinned dance attracts attention, it is immediate to wonder why. The motivations tell an incredible story that goes back to the exploitation of saltpeter, its decadence and how image referents generate identity. "El Indio Piel Roja" is built on the imaginary from the western cinema, the adventures of the far west novels or the comic and the world famous Buffalo Bill show. They represented as Indians manifest their spirituality and indigenous identity assimilating the virtues of the American Indian, their wisdom, their connection with nature, their artistic manifestations and rituals to transform them into devotion to the Virgin of Carmen following a tradition of ancestral worship to the pacha mama that the process of syncretism transformed into the Chinita del Carmen de La Tirana. This documentary, more than telling a story, unfolds in photographing the desert and its beauty, a situation in which the Red Skins manifest spiritually surrounded by elements such as choreography, rituals, dances, music and the transformation of these people when putting on their clothes.