The Invisible Girl (Spanish: La pampa) is a 2022 crimedramathriller film directed by Dorian Fernández-Moris and written by Fernández-Moris & Rogger Vergara Adrianzén [es].[1] Starring Fernando Bacilio.[2] It is based on the true story of a woman located in the lower area of Belén (Iquitos, Loreto), who had managed to escape from her traffickers.[3] It is a co-production between Peru, Spain and Chile.
Synopsis
Juan, a public official, is on the run from the law and the tragedy that scarred him for life. Reina, a teenager, is escaping the sexual and moral abuse she suffered as a child in the sexual exploitation camps of La Pampa, an area controlled by gold mining mafias. United by fate, they embark on a journey to find Reina's family in a lawless territory of the Peruvian Amazon, plagued by crime and greed.[4]
In 2017, Dorian Fernández-Moris received a story from a woman from Iquitos who managed to flee human trafficking in La pampa.[7] After researching for a year and a half, they began writing the script.[7]
Financing
The film won the Audiovisual Direction, Phonography and New Media (DAFO) award granted by the Ministry of Culture of Peru, where it received a donation of $150,000 to start production.[8]
Filming
The film was filmed in Pucallpa, Ucayali where the real sets of La pampa had to be recreated.[7]
Release
The Invisible Girl initially premiered in August 2022 at the 26th Lima Film Festival as part of the Fiction Competition.[9] Its commercially premiered on June 29, 2023 in Peruvian theaters.[10]
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