The Wolves' Canyon
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Wolves' Canyon |
| Original title | La boca del lobo |
| Country of production | Peru , Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Francisco José Lombardi |
| script |
Gerardo Herrero Augusto Cabada Giovanna Pollarolo |
| production | Francisco José Lombardi Gerardo Herrero |
| music | Bernardo Bonezzi |
| camera | José Luis López-Linares |
| cut | Juan Ignacio San Mateo |
| occupation | |
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The Gorge of the Wolves (original title: “La boca del lobo”, translated “The jaws of the wolf”) is a film drama from 1988, which deals with the guerrilla war in Peru in the early 80s . The director was the Peruvian Francisco José Lombardi .
action
The film is set in the Ayacucho region from 1980 to 1983. The Maoist group Shining Path kills the commander of the Peruvian army unit stationed there near a small village in the Andes . The new commander of the unit is Lieutenant Roca, who considers the majority of the villagers to be sympathizers of the Shining Path. His actions against the villagers became more and more ruthless and brutal until Roca orders a massacre of the villagers. Only Sergeant Moncada rebelled against Roca. In the end, Moncada Roca invites you to play Russian roulette .
criticism
Berliner Zeitung of July 25, 1995: The Peruvian director Francisco J. Lombardi realized this Latin American tragedy as a critical parable about the origins of aggression and violence, based on a true story.
backgrounds
The social scientists Carlos Iván Degregori and Gustavo Gorriti contributed to the production of the film as experts on the Shining Path .
In Germany, the film was broadcast for the first time on July 5, 1992 on ZDF . Based on the Russian roulette at the end of the film, the Austrian television title of the film is "Peruvian Roulette". The English-language title of the film is "The lion's den" ("The lion's den").