También la lluvia y Altiplano: Trauma transgeneracional y renegociación histórica en un contexto transcultural

Abstract:The films Even the Rain, directed by Icíar Bollaín (Spain) in 2010, and Altiplano (2009), directed by Peter Brosens (Belgium) and Jessica Woodworth (United States), fuse past and present in the context of the Europe-America encounter. While the first film is framed by the Water War in Cochabamba, Bolivia (1999–2000), the second has as referent the ecological catastrophe that took place in Choropampa, Peru (2000). Patterns of neocolonial exploitation bring to the foreground the collective memory of communities haunted by traumatic events that shaped their historical destiny. Perpetrators and victims must question and reevaluate their respective legacies within a transgenerational and transcultural context in order to work through those shared experiences together and explore new approaches to heal their devastating past. Metafictional elements, intertwined and fragmented stories, flashbacks, and ritual play a structural role in generating haunting cultural narratives that lead disempowered communities to recover their own historical agency.