Labranza oculta

Oct 17 2010 N/A 1h 6m
Animation, Documentary, Drama

Every city has its secrets, but it is probably inside houses, behind their silent walls, where they are most intense and human. The Alabado House was built in 1671 as part of Quito’s colonial Old City, surviving centuries of earthquakes, poverty and decay. Over the past five years, dozens of manual laborers have been working to restore it. But its miraculous beauty conceals a long and tragic history. For it was the oppressed indigenous masses who built the Old City, the largest in Latin America.

Plot

Labranza oculta (The silent walls) is a documentary about those who build history behind walls of silence. The workers restoring the seventeenth-century Alabado House surprise and charm us by telling their tales, sharing their dreams and aspirations. We accompany their daily routine: molding the bricks and cutting the cane with the methods of seventeenth-century builders. As witnesses to these personal stories, we travel into the lives of the forgotten. It reminds us that history is built by people, the anonymous mass that sweats and toils.

Written by

Gabriela Calvache

Directed by

Gabriela Calvache

Cast

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Crew

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Production Countries

Ecuador

Production Companies

Cineática Films

Languages

Español

Awards

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Trailers
Labranza oculta trailer
Scores
# of Votes
10
Average Rating
8.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA