Yvy Maraey: Land Without Evil

Cinema is a weapon. At least, it is for the Bolivian filmmaker we meet in Yvy Maraey: Land Without Evil, a philosophical road movie and a peculiar metafilm about self-understanding and encounters between people.

But is it a documentary or is it fiction? A documentarian traces the steps of Swedish explorer Erland Nordenskiold from the highlands of La Paz to the forest swamps of Southeastern Bolivia. The documentarian aims to explore the Guarani culture, but above all, he seeks to understand himself. Kandire poses more questions than it answers, and is a beautiful film about identity and meaning in contemporary Bolivia

This text is from the Films from the South Festival, where the film had its Scandinavian Premiere.

"A beautiful meditation on origins and identity"
-Hollywood Reporter