Wiñay

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Susane and Sole, two women who have just met, embark on a transformative journey to the Peruvian jungle for an Ayahuasca ritual, each driven by urgent personal motivations. The road through the mountains is perilous, marked by thefts, illnesses, losses, and unexpected encounters. Yet, with each setback, their resilience grows, as the physical challenges mirror their internal struggles. The deeper they travel, the more profound the emotional and spiritual stakes become.

Once they reach the jungle, disoriented by the oppressive heat and the absence of familiar markers, they get lost, forced to wait for rescue. It is during this time of disconnection from the outside world that Susane reveals the true, deeper reasons for her pilgrimage.

The film interrogates the growing Western interest in Ayahuasca and other indigenous plant medicines, raising important questions about healing, identity, and the intersection between ancient traditions and contemporary existential crises.

“Only with a cautious and studied photography, inversely balanced characters, the McGuffin of a utopian spiritual destiny and the message that what matters in the end is the experience as such; Wiñay proves that less is more.” – Luis Romero, Imagendocs

“What transforms and brings definitively to the story is the materiality of nature as such, the intense green, vibrant like Soledad's character and overwhelming or apprehensive like Susane's.” – Luis Braun, La Ramona

“It would seem that Olmos seeks to build an intimate story in the midst of large, generally empty spaces.” – Mauricio Souza, La Razón

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Wiñay,Álvaro Olmos Torrico,Marie Soriano, Sarah Faride,Bernardo Franck,Richard Aranda,Abdel Paniagua,Aniceto Arroyo,Jammel Iporre,Edwin Vega,María Álvarez,drama,Bolivia,healing,Ayahuasca,jungle,friendship,woman,journey,road movie,Ayahuasca ritual,women,womanhood,gender,girl,girlhood,mother,motherhood,female,cis woman,cis female,trans woman,trans female,women’s rights,women’s issues,lady,ladies,gentlewoman,madame,miss,missus,mrs.,dame,damsel,ingenue,lass,maid,maiden,belle,gal,ladyfriend,girlfriend,dear,darling,widow,matron,dowager,gender,gender equality,gender pay gap,women’s liberation,women’s rights,culture,identity,identity politics,culture wars,left wing,right wing,intersectionality,identity groups,civilization,literacy,humanism,cancel culture,online culture,cultural revolution,cultural diffusion,culture shock,popular culture,pop culture,material culture,cultural capital,cultural assimilation ,indigenous peoples,indigenous people,indigenous,native,native people,native peoples,aboriginal people,aboriginal,aborigine,indigene,indigeneity,tribes,tribal,tribal people,tribal peoples,religion,spirituality,organized religion,soul,spiritual beliefs,religious beliefs,belief systems,branches of religion,religious sects,sects,gods and goddesses,monotheism,theism,pantheism,polytheism,spiritual awakening,mental illness,therapy,trauma,behavioral health,mental disability,psychology,psychiatry,social work,wellbeing,counselor,diagnosis,mentally disabled,mental incapacitation,mentally defective,mental handicap,mental defective,psychotic break,psychosis,psychoses,mentally sound,questionable mental health,latin american studies,caribbean american studies,island studies,latin american culture,latin american history,latin american politics, caribbean american culture,caribbean american history,caribbean american politics, latin american languages,latin american and caribbean studies,hispanic american studies,hispanic people,hispanic culture,hispanic politics,south america,south american countries,countries in south america,argentina,bolivia,brazil,chile,colombia,ecuador,guyana,paraguay,peru,suriname,uruguay,venezuela,south american politics,south american culture,south american cuisine,south american education,south america in media,south american languages,south america history; "Wiñay"; Pragda Films

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