Loxoro
Pilar González, Canela Paima, Mónica Mendoza, Ruby Calvo, Valeria Castillo, Karla Camacho
Loxoro by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2011, Berlinale Shorts
Lima, Peru. Darkness.
Makuti, a middle-aged single mother is desperately searching for her nineteen-year-old daughter Mía who left home to work on the streets. Makuti and her daughter are no ordinary women: they are transsexuals and their language is known as Loxoro.
This film tells the story of a search that crosses boundaries into a remote and unknown world where the unfamiliar is the familiar.
Makuti, a middle-aged single mother is desperately searching for her nineteen-year-old daughter Mía who left home to work on the streets. Makuti and her daughter are no ordinary women: they are transsexuals and their language is known as Loxoro.
This film tells the story of a search that crosses boundaries into a remote and unknown world where the unfamiliar is the familiar.
Additional information
Claudia Llosa
The director won the Golden Bear for her feature film La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) at the Berlinale 2009.
Loxoro · Berlinale Shorts · Teddy Award · Feb 17, 2012
Claudia Llosa
The director returned to the Berlinale with a short film, after being awarded the Golden Bear for her feature film La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) at the Berlinale 2009.
Loxoro · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 16, 2012