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BY THE NAME OF TANIA

by Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard

synopsis

The Amazon flows lazily through the goldmine-gashed landscape of northern Peru. Using real eyewitness accounts, directors Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez tell the story of a young woman who winds up in the clutches of forced prostitution when her initially hopeful attempt to escape the constrictions of her village goes wrong. Step by step, she is robbed of her moral and physical integrity. The film reconstitutes a space of dignity and returns voice and identity to a fate formally made nameless. With its powerful imagery, the girl’s traumatic odyssey embodies the destruction of life in a capitalist world in connection with horrific natural devastation.

international title: By the Name of Tania
original title: By the Name of Tania
country: Belgium, Netherlands
sales agent: Pluto Film
year: 2019
genre: documentary
directed by: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard
film run: 82'
cinematography by: Virginie Surdej
film editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo
producer: Hanne Phlypo, Julie Freres
co-producer: Katja Draaijer
production: Clin d'oeil Films, Dérives, BALDR Film
backing: Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA), Centre du Cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (BE), Fonds Audiovisuel de Flandres (VAF) (BE), Fonds Audiovisuel des Pays-Bas (NFF) (NL), Creative Europe
distributor: MOOOV distribution

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