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Jonah and the Pink Whale (1995)

★★★ — Jonah and the Pink Whale (1995)

Juan Carlos Valdivia's debut feature is one of the very few Bolivian productions to receive meaningful international co-production support, drawing on funding from Mexico's Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía to get made. Adapted from a novel by Bolivian writer Wolfango Montes Vannucci, the film is set in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the country's largest lowland city, and was one of the first Bolivian films to gain any notable distribution outside the region. Valdivia would go on to become arguably the most prominent filmmaker in Bolivian cinema over the following two decades, with later works like Dependencia Sexual (2003) picking up festival attention, but this modest, sun-baked erotic drama was where he started.

A-Z World Movie Tour Bolivia Wow. This was a roller coaster of a film. What started as a simple drama about an unhappy relationship quickly turned into a family erotic thriller. The actress who played Julia was absolutely fantastic in this. Her screen presence was captivating. It's a shame she didn't make more films. Overall the story of this movie and the heart-wrenching climax was a fantastic ride. There was a bit of pacing in the middle where it slowed considerably but overall it was a very good film indeed. When the twist happened towards the end and their studio was flooded.... I felt that mate Very pleasantly surprised

Rating: ★★★ | Year: 1995 | Watched: 2025-05-28

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