简介：Ecuador,withitsstunningAndeanlocalesandpicturesquecoast,providesthebackdropforthiswonderfullyentertainingroadmovieabouttwoyoungwomenandtheircomplexjourneythroughthecountryside.Esperanza("Hope"inSpanish,playedbyTaniaMartinez)isaSpanishtouristlookingforexoticadventurewhomeetsTristeza(meaning"Sadness,"portrayedbyCeciliaVallejo,acynicalEcuadorianstudent,whenabusstrikestrandstheminthemiddleofnowhere.TheirjourneyreallybeginswhentheydecidetojoinuptohitchhiketheirwaytotheAndeanvillageofCuenca.Alongthewaythemeetatall,scrawnymancarryingtheashesofhisrecentlydeceasedgrandmother.Inanearlydesolatelandscape,thethreecontinuetogetherinwhatbecomesajourneyoffriendshipandself-discovery.Director/ScreenwriterTaniaHermidaconstructsencounterswithalovelysenseofdetail,whethertheyinvolvealittlegirlofferingdirectionsorsimplythethreesittingquietlyonthebeach.AndEcuardor--inallofitssun-splashedbeautyandvastsolitude--becomesthefourthcharacterinthishumorous,gentleandobservanttale. The2006filmQuéTanLejos,writtenanddirectedbyTaniaHermida,takesplaceintheruralsierrasandPacificcoastofsouthernEcuador.Aworkers'strikedelaysabusfromQuitotoCuencaandthestoryunfoldsastwoyoungwomendecidetocompletethejourneyontheirown,hitchhikingtherestoftheway.Alongthewaytheymeetinterestingcharacterswhohelpthemreevaluatethepurposeoftheirjourney.ThemoviecontainsbeautifulscenicshotsandEcuadoreanhumorthatsometimesgetslostintranslation.…