The Milk of Sorrow ( La teta asustada ) ( O Leite da Amargura (Scared Breast) )

The Milk of Sorrow (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La teta asustada
Alternate Title: O Leite da Amargura (Scared Breast)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Goya Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min + 105 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Peru ( Latin America, Mexico )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Claudia Llosa

Written By:
Claudia Llosa

Actors:
Magaly Solier ..... Fausta
Susi Sánchez ..... Aída
Efraín Solís ..... Noé
Bárbara Lazón ..... Perpetua
Delci Heredia ..... Carmela
Karla Heredia ..... Severina
Fernando Caycho ..... Melvin
Miller Revilla Chengay ..... Melvincito
Spencer Salazar ..... Jonathan
Summy Lapa ..... Chicho
María del Pilar Guerrero ..... Máxima
Leandro Mostorino ..... Jhonny
Anita Chaquiri ..... Abuela
Edward Llungo ..... Marcos
Daniel Núñez ..... Amadeo

Synopsis:

Director Claudia Llosa follows her award-winning feature directorial debut Madeinusa with this stark meditation on a grim period of South American history in which approximately 70,000 people were murdered between the years 1980 and 2000. Fausta (Magaly Solier) has fallen ill with a disease passed down from mother to daughter though breast milk. But Fausta's affliction isn't biological; it strictly affects Peruvian women who were raped or abused during those two terrible decades of persecution. While those days are long gone, Fausta stands as a living reminder of the horrors that once plagued her country, her malady a deep-rooted fear that stripped the young innocence of her soul. After Fausta's mother dies, the horrified girl is forced to confront her greatest fear by staring straight into the black heart of her own paranoia. Now, as Fausta sets out to discover her own path to freedom, she inserts a potato into her vagina in order to protect her body from unwanted intruders.

Following Perus war on terrorism, Faustas relatives believe she suffers from The Milk of Sorrow, a condition transmitted by her Mother, who was violated and mistreated during the countrys upheaval. The war has ended but Fausta lives to be constantly reminded of her condition of fear. The sudden death of her mother forces Fausta to confront these fears and question the peculiar measures her mother took to protect her daughter from a similar fate. The Milk of Sorrow is the story of a search for re-awakening and a journey from fear to freedom.

Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. While living in constant fear and confusion due to this disease, she must face the sudden death of her mother. She chooses to take drastic measures to not follow in her mother's footsteps.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 13 November, 2010.

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