Film Info
Yakuaya

Film Information

Exhibition Title	Yakuaya
Original Title	Yakuaya
English Title	Water Essence
Director	Marcelo Castillo
Country
Year	2011
Format	HD
Colour	Color
Duration	52'

Production:

Guión / Scriptwriter: Carlos Idrovo, Guillermo Quintana
Fotografía / Cinematography: Filippo Burbano, Marcelo Castillo
Edición / Editing: Gabriel Páez, Jorge Flores
Producción / Producer: Carlos Idrovo
Compañía Productora / Production Company: d.r.a.m.a. films, Ouroboros Audiovisual

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Synopsis

From the ocean’s horizon to the waves’ foam; from the dripping stalactites to the white snow; from a river’s current to the tapping sound of the rain: water transforms all landscapes –but it’s also an axis orbited by practices that become life forms. This documentary by Marcelo Castillo deals with these natural and cultural landscapes that are run through by water, reinventing Ecuador’s territory through an eye that flows without overshadowing or stylizing the ground, and instead tries to find the rhythm that is marked by the use and circulation of water. Yakuaya’s cinematographic power is so strong that it doesn’t need words to reinforce the meaning of its water journey, because even in the more narrative scenes in which it follows several people, the audiovisual language is enough and there’s no need to verbally comment or complement the dimension opened by each one of these humid images.