Oblivion // El Olvido
( Netherlands, 2008, 93 min. )
Director: Heddy Honigmann
There are countries one seldom hears about and if we do, we read about presidential elections, scandals and earthquakes. Then they’re forgotten again, until the next election, the next scandal, the next earthquake. El Olvido is about a forgotten city (Lima), a forgotten history (that of Peru) and a forgotten people (the Peruvians). With irony as their loved weapon for survival, they have to forget as well, in order not to give way to cynicism, hatred and grief. El Olvido is about remembering the old days when life – despite class differences, corruption and violence – was still good: waiters, bartenders and shopkeepers who are fighting a losing battle and have lost everything. 51st Leipzig Film Festival: Silver Dove for the Best Full-length Documentary, Ecumenical Jury Award and FIPRESCI prize
Film is screened in the Free Thought. Documentary cinema program
Screening shedule
– only for press
21 June
22 June
