Original title | La teta asustada |
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Category | Drama |
UK Release Date | 30 April 2010 |
Production year | 2009 |
Production Country | |
Directors | Claudia Llosa |
Cast | Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solís, Marino Ballón |
Distributor | Dogwoof Film Distribution |
Fausta is ill with a disease contracted from her mother's breast milk known as “the milk of sorrow”. However, this is not a sickness caused by bacteria or infection: it is a condition that only affects those women in Peru who were abused or raped during the years of terrorist struggle. Although this horrific period is now history, Fausta is nonetheless a living reminder of this time. Her sickness is fear – and it has robbed her of her soul. When her mother suddenly dies, Fausta is forced to face her fears.