Romulo Sulca Ricra Set to Follow ‘Once Upon a Time in the Andes’ with ‘Ayahuanco’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Waiting for the premiere of his first feature “Once Upon a Time in the Andes,” presented at Chile’s Sanfic Industria, Peruvian helmer Rómulo Sulca Ricra is already developing his next project.
Under the working title “Ayahuanco,” it will focus on a man who, after living in Europe, comes back to Peru.“He left because of the political situation in the country – his mother was forcefully sterilized as part of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 1990s birth control policy.
Now, she is dying of ovarian cancer,” says Sulca Ricra, calling his new endeavor “ambitious.”“It will be a road movie! It will take place in Lima, Ticlio, we will start from the Pacific coast and move through the Peruvian Andes and the jungle.
This character gets to know himself again upon his return, gets to know his roots and discovers new details about his parents.
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