The Milk of Sorrow

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Cast & Crew

Magaly Solier
Fausta

Susi Sánchez
Aída

Efraín Solís
Noé

Marino Ballón
Tío Lúcido

Antolín Prieto
Hijo de Aída

Bárbara Lazón
Perpetua

Delci Heredia
Carmela

Karla Heredia
Severina

Claudia Llosa
Director

Claudia Llosa
Screenwriter

Antonio Chavarrías
Producer

Claudia Llosa
Producer

José María Morales
Producer

Selma Mutal
Original Music

Natasha Braier
Cinematography

Frank Gutiérrez
Film Editing

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Audience Reviews for The Milk of Sorrow

• Oct 09, 2012

  A Peruvian girl believes that her raped mother's sorrow was transferred to her through breast milk. That intriguing premise is somewhat wasted in a slow and drawn out tale of the girl trying to raise money to bury her mother's corpse in her native village; it's most interesting for its peek at Peruvian folk beliefs and customs, including an unusual use for potatoes.
  Greg S Super Reviewer
• Sep 21, 2011

  While participating in the rehearsal for her cousin Maxima's(Maria del Pilar Guerrero) wedding, Fausta(Magaly Solier) falls so ill that it cannot be explained by her usual nosebleeds. At the hospital, she is diagnosed with a potato in her vagina and does not want to be treated. As she tells her uncle Locido(Marino Ballon), she heard a story about a woman who did the same during the terror and was not raped. Fausta probably heard the story from her mother(Lucy Noriega), now deceased, who she has to find the funds to bury in her native village. To do so, Fausta gets a job at the Big House but does not get an advance on her wages. What easily could have been on the level of a very silly episode of "House," instead turns out to be an understated allegory of Peru that is admittedly more than a little predictable. On the one hand, everybody seems to be getting married, leading to a worldwide fabric shortage and most people with little spending money. Or they are people like Fausta who carry the psychic baggage of past generations around with them. She is haunted from songs her mother used to sing, not transmitted through breast milk, which just goes to show you that there is some truth in myths.
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Sep 10, 2011

  The Milk Of Sorrow develops a complex story of abuse and recovery inspired by the events in Peruvian history circa 1980 to 1992 with aesthetic and metaphorical dimensions. Poetic writing, lush photography and a telling cinematography of rich local Peruvian colors.
  

  Jan Marc M Super Reviewer
• Jun 20, 2010

  A poignant allegorical drama centered on the belief that the trauma experienced by the many women raped during the years of terrorism in Peru has been passed on to the following generations, and it relies on a beautiful performance by Magaly Solier.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer

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