Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village
{{Infobox film
| name = Willaq Pirqa
| image = Willaq Pirqa poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = César Galindo
| writer = César Galindo
Augusto Cabada
Gastón Vizcarra
| producer = Jedy Ortega Moreno
| starring = Víctor Acurio
Hermelinda Luján
Melisa Álvarez
Alder Yaurisaca
| cinematography = Juan Durán
| editing = Roberto Benavides Espino
| music = Karin Zielinski
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| released = {{Film date|2022|8|4|Lima|2022|12|8|Peru}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = Peru
Bolivia
| language = Quechua
Spanish
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Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village (whose original title is Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo, {{lit|The Wall of Information, the cinema of my town}}) is a 2022 Peruvian-Bolivian{{Cite web |title=Película en quechua Willaq Pirqa se convierte en un fenómeno de taquilla |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/201540-pelicula-en-quechua-willaq-pirqa-se-convierte-en-un-fenomeno-de-taquilla |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=elperuano.pe |language=es |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203204835/https://elperuano.pe/noticia/201540-pelicula-en-quechua-willaq-pirqa-se-convierte-en-un-fenomeno-de-taquilla |url-status=live }} Quechua-language{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA |title=Director de Willaq Pirqa: "Espero que mi película acerque más a los peruanos" |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-director-willaq-pirqa-espero-mi-pelicula-acerque-mas-a-los-peruanos-920137.aspx |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=andina.pe |date=2 December 2022 |language=es |archive-date=2022-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206123841/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-director-willaq-pirqa-espero-mi-pelicula-acerque-mas-a-los-peruanos-920137.aspx |url-status=live }} comedy-drama film directed by César Galindo and written by Galindo, Augusto Cabada and Gastón Vizcarra. It tells the story of Sistu, a 13-year-old boy who lives in a community in Cusco, he discovers the magic of cinema, but the language barrier prevents the villagers from enjoying the movies.{{Cite web |last=Lima |first=Redacción: Tvo |date=2022-11-09 |title=Película en Quechua "Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo" se estrenará en diciembre |url=https://tvolima.pe/pelicula-en-quechua-willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-se-estrenara-en-diciembre/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=TVO LIMA |language=es-PE |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207172246/https://tvolima.pe/pelicula-en-quechua-willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-se-estrenara-en-diciembre/ |url-status=live }}
The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for Best Ibero-American Film at the 38th Goya Awards, but was not nominated.{{Cite web |last=Napa |first=Renzo |date=2023-08-25 |title='Willaq Pirqa' representará al Perú en los Premios Goya 2024 |url=https://rpp.pe/cine/peru/willaq-pirqa-es-seleccionada-para-representar-al-peru-en-los-premios-goya-2024-noticia-1502358 |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=RPP |language=es}}
Synopsis
Sistu and his small community in the Andes discover the magic of cinema. This meeting causes a stir but also confronts them with their culture and highlights the limitations of the community to understand and read Spanish. As a solution, they choose Sistu so that every week he goes to town to see a movie and tells it to everyone in the square. One day he finds the canchón empty, the cinema has left... Sistu's illusion of telling the weekly story to the people who are waiting for him, makes him create his own cinema, with his own actors, with his own culture and above all, in your own language.{{Cite web |last=cinencuentro |date=2022-08-17 |title="Willaq pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo": Entrevista al director César Galindo - Cine Peruano |url=https://www.cinencuentro.com/2022/08/16/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-director-cesar-galindo/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Cinencuentro |language=es |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207172247/https://www.cinencuentro.com/2022/08/16/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-director-cesar-galindo/ |url-status=live }}
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=Reparto de Willaq Pirqa, el Cine de mi Pueblo (película 2022). Dirigida por César Galindo |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-1004496/actores |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173955/https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-1004496/actores |url-status=live }}
- Víctor Acuario as Sistu
- Hermelinda Luján as Mom Simona
- Melisa Álvarez as Lucicha
- Alder Yaurisaca as Florencio
- Cosme Flores as Rolín
- Bernando Rosado as Projectionist
- Juan Ubaldo Huaman
Production
= Financing and filming =
In 2015, the film was a beneficiary of the Economic Stimulus of the Ministry of Culture, in the competition for fiction feature film projects in native languages.{{Cite web |title=Ministerio de Cultura entrega premio a la Mejor Película Peruana del Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP a "Willaq pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo" – DAFO |url=https://dafo.cultura.pe/ministerio-de-cultura-entrega-premio-a-la-mejor-pelicula-peruana-del-festival-de-cine-de-lima-pucp-a-willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |language=es-ES |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207172247/https://dafo.cultura.pe/ministerio-de-cultura-entrega-premio-a-la-mejor-pelicula-peruana-del-festival-de-cine-de-lima-pucp-a-willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo/ |url-status=live }} The filming began, and it lasted 5 months in Maras and Moray, Cusco.{{Cite news |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2022-12-03 |title=Willaq Pirqa: así se grabó la galardonada película en quechua que ingresa a cartelera {{!}} cronica {{!}} historias ec {{!}} estrenos {{!}} SOMOS |url=https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/willaq-pirqa-asi-se-grabo-la-galardonada-pelicula-en-quechua-que-ingresa-a-cartelera-cronica-historias-ec-estrenos-noticia/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |newspaper=El Comercio |language=es |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207172246/https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/willaq-pirqa-asi-se-grabo-la-galardonada-pelicula-en-quechua-que-ingresa-a-cartelera-cronica-historias-ec-estrenos-noticia/ |url-status=live }}
= Music =
Karin Zielinski composed the original soundtrack for the film. Wind, string and percussion instruments such as the Andean violin were implemented.{{Cite news |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2023-01-18 |title="Willaq Pirqa" y el poder de su música: compositora habla sobre la lógica detrás de las canciones {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/willaq-pirqa-y-el-poder-de-su-musica-compositora-habla-sobre-la-logica-detras-de-las-canciones-noticia/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |newspaper=El Comercio |language=es |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208214315/https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/willaq-pirqa-y-el-poder-de-su-musica-compositora-habla-sobre-la-logica-detras-de-las-canciones-noticia/ |url-status=live }} The musicians Rubén Concha (quenas, zampoñas, legüero bass drum, charango and guitar), Andrés Chimango Lares (Andean violin) and María Elena Pacheco (violin) also participated.
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| headline = Willaq Pirqa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| extra_column = Artist(s)
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| length1 = 1:00
| writer1 = Karin Zielinski
| extra1 = Karin Zielinski
| title2 = Apaway Pichinkucha
| length2 = 3:10
| writer2 = Karin Zielinski
| extra2 = Karin Zielinski
| title3 = Wayramanta Willakuy
| length3 = 0:32
| writer3 = Karin Zielinski
| extra3 = Karin Zielinski
| title4 = Mama Simona (Koka K'intucha)
| length4 = 1:24
| writer4 = Karin Zielinski
| extra4 = Karin Zielinski
| title5 = Willaq Pirqa li
| length5 = 0:57
| writer5 = Karin Zielinski
| extra5 = Karin Zielinski
| title6 = Killa Tuta
| length6 = 0:56
| writer6 = Karin Zielinski
| extra6 = Karin Zielinski
| title7 = Llaqtaypaq Cinen
| length7 = 2:07
| writer7 = Karin Zielinski
| extra7 = Karin Zielinski
| title8 = Suyaway Pichinkucha
| length8 = 0:34
| writer8 = Karin Zielinski
| extra8 = Karin Zielinski
| title9 = Ñan Tariruniña
| length9 = 0:32
| writer9 = Karin Zielinski
| extra9 = Karin Zielinski
| title10 = Maypitaq Karqanki
| length10 = 0:31
| writer10 = Karin Zielinski
| extra10 = Karin Zielinski
| title11 = Apu Wayra Rositata Kutichimun (Koka K'intucha)
| length11 = 0:25
| writer11 = Karin Zielinski
| extra11 = Karin Zielinski
| title12 = Cineta Qhaswasunchis I
| length12 = 2:26
| writer12 = Karin Zielinski
| extra12 = Karin Zielinski
| title13 = Cinemanta Hamuq K'anchay
| length13 = 0:37
| writer13 = Karin Zielinski
| extra13 = Karin Zielinski
| title14 = Dracula Runamanta Willakuy
| length14 = 1:51
| writer14 = Karin Zielinski
| extra14 = Karin Zielinski
| title15 = Cineta Qhaswasunchis Ii
| length15 = 1:33
| writer15 = Karin Zielinski
| extra15 = Karin Zielinski
| title16 = Qonakuy
| length16 = 1:15
| writer16 = Karin Zielinski
| extra16 = Karin Zielinski
| title17 = Kamachiqa Sistu
| length17 = 0:57
| writer17 = Karin Zielinski
| extra17 = Karin Zielinski
| title18 = Sistu, Willakuq
| length18 = 4:35
| writer18 = Karin Zielinski
| extra18 = Karin Zielinski
| title19 = Mana Willaspalla
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| length19 = 2:00
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| extra19 = Karin Zielinski
| title20 = Willakuyninchiskuna
| length20 = 1:24
| writer20 = Karin Zielinski
| extra20 = Karin Zielinski
| total_length = 32:15
| title21 = Mama Simona li (Koka K'intucha)
| writer21 = Karin Zielinski
| extra21 = Karin Zielinski
| length21 = 1:13
| title22 = Kacharpariy
| writer22 = Karin Zielinski
| extra22 = Karin Zielinski
| length22 = 0:30
| title23 = Epilogo Nisqamanta
| writer23 = Karin Zielinski
| extra23 = Karin Zielinski
| length23 = 1:42
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Release
The film had its world premiere on August 4, 2022, at the 26th Lima Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo |url=https://festivaldelima.com/2022/peliculas/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo/ |website=Festival de Cine de Lima}}{{Cite web |title='Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo' se estrena en diciembre: película arrasó en el Festival de Cine de Lima |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/11/01/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-pelicula-que-gano-3-premios-en-el-festival-de-cine-de-lima-llega-a-la-cartelera/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=infobae |date=November 2022 |language=es-ES |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172451/https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/11/01/willaq-pirqa-el-cine-de-mi-pueblo-pelicula-que-gano-3-premios-en-el-festival-de-cine-de-lima-llega-a-la-cartelera/ |url-status=live }} It was commercially released on December 8, 2022 in Peruvian theaters.{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA |title="Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo" se estrenará en cines el 8 de diciembre |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-willaq-pirqa-cine-mi-pueblo-se-estrenara-cines-8-diciembre-916083.aspx |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=andina.pe |date=November 2022 |language=es |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205002131/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-willaq-pirqa-cine-mi-pueblo-se-estrenara-cines-8-diciembre-916083.aspx |url-status=live }}
Reception
Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village drew 42,000 viewers beginning in its sixth week in theaters{{Cite news |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2023-01-16 |title=Willaq Pirqa acumula más de 40 mil espectadores en las salas de cines peruanos {{!}} Cusco {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/willaq-pirqa-acumula-mas-de-40-mil-espectadores-en-las-salas-de-cines-peruanos-cusco-noticia/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |newspaper=El Comercio |language=es |archive-date=2023-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117020242/https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/willaq-pirqa-acumula-mas-de-40-mil-espectadores-en-las-salas-de-cines-peruanos-cusco-noticia/ |url-status=live }} and ending that same week with over 50,000 viewers.{{Cite news |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2023-01-20 |title="Willaq Pirqa" supera los 50 mil espectadores desde su estreno en las salas peruanas {{!}} avatar {{!}} El gato con botas {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/willaq-pirqa-supera-los-50-mil-espectadores-desde-su-estreno-en-las-salas-peruanas-avatar-el-gato-con-botas-noticia/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |newspaper=El Comercio |language=es |archive-date=2023-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212003023/https://elcomercio.pe/luces/cine/willaq-pirqa-supera-los-50-mil-espectadores-desde-su-estreno-en-las-salas-peruanas-avatar-el-gato-con-botas-noticia/ |url-status=live }} In its ninth week it drew more than 75,000 viewers.{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA |title=Película Willaq Pirqa supera los 75 mil espectadores en salas |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-pelicula-willaq-pirqa-supera-los-75-mil-espectadores-salas-927918.aspx |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=andina.pe |date=4 February 2023 |language=es |archive-date=2023-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212003018/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-pelicula-willaq-pirqa-supera-los-75-mil-espectadores-salas-927918.aspx |url-status=live }} In its tenth week in theaters, it exceeded 80,000 viewers,{{Cite web |last=Lozano |first=Julianna Paola Ramírez |date=2023-02-23 |title='Willaq Pirqa': una película que todo peruano debe ir a ver |url=https://rpp.pe/columnistas/juliannaramirezlozano/willaq-pirqa-una-pelicula-que-todo-peruano-debe-ir-a-ver-noticia-1468526 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=RPP |language=es |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172451/https://rpp.pe/columnistas/juliannaramirezlozano/willaq-pirqa-una-pelicula-que-todo-peruano-debe-ir-a-ver-noticia-1468526 |url-status=live }} ending its run with 83,382 viewers after 14 weeks.{{Cite web |title=🎥🇵🇪 #WillaqPIRQA se despide de las salas de cine después de catorce semanas en cartelera! Estamos más que felices de haber llegado a Lima, Cusco, Arequipa, Trujillo, Piura, Chiclayo, Cajamarca, Tarapoto, Tumbes, Sullana, Barranca, Jaen, Iquitos y Huancayo. |url=https://twitter.com/WillaqPirqa/status/1637288636336013314 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320023457/https://twitter.com/WillaqPirqa/status/1637288636336013314 |url-status=live }} Becoming the most watched Quechua-language film in Peru.{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA |title=Willaq Pirqa se convierte en la película peruana en quechua más vista en el Perú |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-willaq-pirqa-se-convierte-la-pelicula-peruana-quechua-mas-vista-el-peru-926363.aspx |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=andina.pe |date=23 January 2023 |language=es |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172453/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-willaq-pirqa-se-convierte-la-pelicula-peruana-quechua-mas-vista-el-peru-926363.aspx |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=PERU21 |first=NOTICIAS |date=2023-01-23 |title=Willaq Pirqa se convierte en la película peruana en quechua más vista en el cine {{!}} willarq pirqa {{!}} entrevista {{!}} victor acurio {{!}} jedy ortega {{!}} producción nacional {{!}} película peruana {{!}} ESPECTACULOS |url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/willaq-pirqa-se-convierte-en-la-pelicula-peruana-en-quechua-mas-vista-en-el-cine-willarq-pirqa-entrevista-victor-acurio-jedy-ortega-produccion-nacional-pelicula-peruana-noticia/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Peru21 |language=es |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172451/https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/willaq-pirqa-se-convierte-en-la-pelicula-peruana-en-quechua-mas-vista-en-el-cine-willarq-pirqa-entrevista-victor-acurio-jedy-ortega-produccion-nacional-pelicula-peruana-noticia/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title="Willaq Pirqa", la película en quechua que bate récords en Perú |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/per%C3%BA-cine_-willaq-pirqa---la-pel%C3%ADcula-en-quechua-que-bate-r%C3%A9cords-en-per%C3%BA/48329704 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |date=3 March 2023 |language=es |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172451/https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/per%C3%BA-cine_-willaq-pirqa---la-pel%C3%ADcula-en-quechua-que-bate-r%C3%A9cords-en-per%C3%BA/48329704 |url-status=live }}
Accolades
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|24247154}}
{{Peruvian submission for Goya Awards}}
Category:2022 comedy-drama films
Category:Peruvian comedy-drama films
Category:Bolivian comedy films
Category:Quechua-language films
Category:2020s Spanish-language films
Category:Films about filmmaking
Category:Films set in the 1970s
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