Fugue

Story

Synopsis

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, Saor, a young androgynous Indian, carries a coffin. He is taking Valentina, his lover, back to her native village to bury her. When Valentina left this village years ago, before becoming a transgender singer in a faraway city, people here knew her as Pol. Valentina's past and death remain an enigma. Yet bit by bit, through his encounters with the people of the village, Saor begins to perceive what connected them to Pol. Sensitive to the world around him, Saor, like a Shaman, enters their memories. Saor starts to understand that, like all homosexuals persecuted by Shining Path terrorists, Pol lived in terror. In the village cemetery, between rage and bitterness, Saor attends the burial of Valentina's body. A ceremony that is both a burial and an exhumation.

Directors

Mary Jiménez Freeman-Morris, Bénédicte Liénard

Writers

Bénédicte Liénard, Mary Jiménez Freeman-Morris

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Country

Belgium, France

Release date

16 August 2024

Ensemble

Cast

• Saor Sax

  Saor

• Valentina Linares Gonzalez

  Valentina