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Peru Gala NightA part of the DLA Film Festival: short film The Millennium Objectives, A Lost Opportunity? and Josué Mendez's Días De Santiago including a Q&A session with the director. Santiago Roman, a rugged, 23-year-old member of the Peruvian army, returns home to Lima after years of fighting in the jungle. Combat-weary and searching for hope, Santiago is a member of a lost Peruvian generation – his spirit scarred by futile wars with Ecuador and constant fighting against terrorists and drug traffickers. He quickly finds his native Lima an unwelcoming place - his army buddies have taken to bank robbing; the decadent club scene offers only noise and lights; prospective employers won’t hire him; his applications for credit are refused. But worst of all, Santiago learns that his friends, family, and young, professional wife have become decadent or distant - and that they are, each in unique ways, unable to understand him. As his troubles converge in the film’s riveting climax, Dias de Santiago asks the question, what escape for a discharged soldier, who returns home full of hope, but finds only disappointment and inner turmoil? 2 December 2005, 6.30pm |
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