简介：Peru'sOfficialSubmissiontotheBestForeignLanguageFilmCategoryofthe80thAnnualAcademyAwards(2008).ThefilmtakesplaceinPeru,intheearly20thcentury.ThemoviefollowsthelifeofEnriqueAet,(DiegoBertie)anengineerwhosemainobsessionistoimprovecommunicationsbetweenthePeruvianjungleandLima.Theconstructionofabridgeinthejunglefails,though,andAet,afterhavingabriefaffairwithalocalgirl(NidiaBermejo)returns,injured,toLima,wherehe'sawaitedbyherfiancé,DorisBeltrán(VanessaSaba),daughteroftheownerofanimportantnewspaper.(AlbertoIsola)ThemovietellsthestoryofAet'sobsession,hisproblemswithDoris,hisrivalrywithafellowengineer(CarlosCarlín)andhisfamilyissues,especiallytheproblematiclifeofhisbrotherOswaldo(GonzaloMolina)andthenervousnessofhismotherRosa.(RossanaFernandez-Maldonado.)Sincethisfilmismainlyadrama,oneofitsmostimportantaspectsistheacting,anditdelivers.DiegoBertie,astheprotagonist,iseffective,andportraysaperfectworriedandsometimestroublesomeengineer,obsesseswithhisideasandhiswork.VanessaSaba,apartfrombeingextremelybeautiful,isagooddramaticactress,beingherscenesalonewithDiegoBertiethebestones.CarlosCarlín,asthemain"badguy"(sotospeak)iseffective,althoughhedoesn'thaveenoughscreentimetobetotallyhatedbytheaudience.ThetrioisaccompaniedbythebestPeruviancharacteractors,someinsmallroles,andsomeinbiggerones;allofthemareeffectiveandenhancethequalityofthemaincharacters'actingandtheplot.GonzaloMolina,though,asEnrique'sbrother,looksamateurishandhisactingnevertotallyconvinces.Heshouldhaveportrayedhischaracterasarebellioustype,butendsupbeingreallyboringguy;onenevergetstorootforhim,evenwhenbadstuffhappenstohim.…