El tunche
Filmfest 2007
PT: El tunche - Der Geist des peruanischen Urwalds
OT: EL TUNCHE - EL ESPÍRITU DE LA SELVA PERUANA
Peru 2006
(Original: Spanish)
Director: Nilo Inga
Section: Visiones Latinas
EL TUNCHE - THE GHOST OF THE PERUVIAN JUNGLE Five medical students travel to the village of Pichnaki to do research on herbal medicines explore. When they look up Raul, their an old student friend, they are told by his father that he was ostensibly the victim of a mythical monster called 'El Tunche'. Raul was in the jungle looking for the 'imperial' flower (Flor del Emperador) which could cure his seriously ill sister. The five students spontaneously set out to search for him, not realizing what dangers and adventures await them.
Cast: Reinaldo Arenas, Carolina Infante, Gustavo Cerrón, Náusica Navarro, Ronald Malca
Credits
Director: Nilo Inga
