Calm and rested. This is the directorial debut of Bolivian photographer Alejandro Loayza Grisi. Not by chance ‘utama’, which deals with the increasingly difficult survival of an elderly Quechua couple in a dying world, stands out for its stupendous and precise work of photography. Or when an image is worth more than the few words said by its protagonists, in what is essentially a twilight western with a minimalist cut that would be equally understood without having spoken any words. It is without a doubt the best of a simple and very plastic film which, however, now comes the but, lacks a pulse and has too much contemplative coldness to be emotional in equal proportion and measure.
‘utama’ It is a well-thought-out and thought-provoking film that, ultimately, makes little sense despite what it recounts with old-fashioned romanticism: The slow and agonizing death of a lifestyle caused largely by the change climate, modern life and so-called progress.
By Juan Pairet Iglesias
@Wanchopex