Mirlo's Dance
{{Infobox film
| name = Mirlo's Dance
| image = Mirlo's Dance poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Álvaro Luque
| writer = Jorge Ossio Seminario
Emanuel Giraldo Betancur
| producer = Melissa Cordero
Nicolás Carrasco
Renzo Maldonado
Ricardo Maldonado
| starring =
| cinematography = Juan Pablo Polanco
| editing = Gino Moreno
Rodrigo Luque
| music = Los Mirlos
| studio = When
Lunatica Films
Cine 70
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2022|8|4|Lima|2024|2|29|Peru}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = Peru
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross =
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Mirlo's Dance (Spanish: La danza de Los Mirlos) is a 2022 Peruvian documentary film directed by Álvaro Luque (in his directorial debut) and written by Jorge Ossio Seminario and Emanuel Giraldo Betancur.{{Cite web |title=Cine del Mañana: Apoyos del Ministerio de Cultura para proyectos de Cine y Audiovisual |url=https://festivaldelima.com/2024/encuentro/cine-del-manana-apoyos-del-ministerio-de-cultura-para-proyectos-de-cine/ |website=Festival de Cine de Lima}} It follows the Amazonian cumbia band Los Mirlos through a journey through the heart of Latin America and remembers its history.{{Cite web |last=Domínguez |first=Micaela |title=El nuevo cine peruano se muestra al mundo en el Festival de Lima |url=https://www.latamcinema.com/especiales/el-nuevo-cine-peruano-se-muestra-al-mundo-en-el-festival-de-lima/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=LatAm cinema}}
Synopsis
Jorge Rodríguez, vocalist of Los Mirlos, accompanies us in a review of the history of this revered Amazonian cumbia band, which mixed the traditions and folklore of the region with the psychedelic rhythms of the 60s.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=La Danza de Los Mirlos |url=https://fotografiacalato.com/pelicula/la-danza-de-los-mirlos/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Fotografía Calato |language=es-ES}}
Release
Mirlo's Dance had its world premiere on August 4, 2022, at the 26th Lima Film Festival,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-04 |title=El Festival de Cine de Lima se inaugura hoy con documental La danza de Los Mirlos |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-el-festival-cine-lima-se-inaugura-hoy-documental-danza-los-mirlos-904300.aspx |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Andina |language=es}} then screened on October 10, 2022, at the 9th Trujillo Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=Del 10 al 15 de octubre disfruta de la mejor selección de LARGOMETRAJES y CORTOMETRAJES en las categorías DOCUMENTAL y FICCIÓN en nuestro #Fecit2022 |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5644370795656771&set=pcb.5644372882323229 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Facebook}} on November 8, 2022, at the 37th Mar del Plata International Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=Anuncian la programación del 37° Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata. Del 3 al 13 de noviembre |url=https://caligari.com.ar/anuncian-la-programacion-del-37-festival-internacional-de-cine-de-mar-del-plata-del-3-al-13-de-noviembre/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Caligari |language=es}} on November 19, 2022, at the 34th Viña del Mar International Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Fajardo |first=Marco |date=2022-11-18 |title=Película que cuenta la historia de la banda Los Mirlos, el emblema de la cumbia amazónica peruana, llega a FICViña |url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/11/18/pelicula-que-cuenta-la-historia-de-la-banda-los-mirlos-el-emblema-de-la-cumbia-amazonica-peruana-llega-a-ficvina/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=El Mostrador |language=es}} on September 10, 2023, at the 21st Vancouver Latin American Film Festival,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=La Danza de Los Mirlos |url=https://vlaff.org/la-danza-de-los-mirlos |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Vancouver Latin American Film Festival |language=en-US}} and on November 10, 2023, at the 38th Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste.{{Cite web |title=La danza de los mirlos di Alvaro Duque - CineLatinoTrieste 2023 |url=https://www.cinelatinotrieste.org/festival2023/scheda/34/la-danza-de-los-mirlos?lang=es |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste |language=es}} It was commercially released on February 29, 2024, in Peruvian theaters.{{Cite web |last=Gamecored |date=2024-02-13 |title=¡La esperada película "La Danza de los Mirlos" del director Álvaro Luque llega a los cines el 29 de febrero! |url=https://www.gamecored.com/la-esperada-pelicula-la-danza-de-los-mirlos-del-director-alvaro-luque-llega-a-los-cines-el-29-de-febrero/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Gamecored |language=es-PE}}
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