Javier's Passion Explained

Javier's Passion
Director:Eduardo Guillot
Producer:Eduardo Guillot
Gonzalo Galvao Teles
Luis Galvao Teles
Cielo Garrido
Starring:Stefano Tosso
Lucho Cáceres
Sofía Rocha
Vania Accinelli
Cinematography:César Fe
Music:Nuno Malo
Studio:Huaca Rajada Cine SAC
Distributor:Imagia Films
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Peru
Language:Spanish

Javier's Passion (Spanish: La pasión de Javier) is a 2019 Peruvian biographical drama film directed by Eduardo Guillot[1] and written by Guillot, Enrique Moncloa & Augusto Cabada. The film tells the story of the poet Javier Heraud, his university life and his tragic death.[2] It premiered on September 26, 2019, in Peruvian theaters.

Plot

Peru, sixties. Javier Heraud, a passionate and non-conformist literature student, confronts his father who opposes his vocation as a poet. At the university, Javier meets Laura, whom he falls in love with, and a group of young poets and intellectuals with whom he will passionately devote himself to the world of poetry and politics. The conflict with his father worsens when Javier publishes his first collection of poems "El Río" and is invited to a youth meeting in the Soviet Union as a delegate of the left-wing political movement to which he belongs. Javier is dazzled by the Soviet Union and visits Paris, where he meets Mario Vargas Llosa and exchanges views on the Cuban Revolution, which is in full swing. With the conviction that the revolution is the only way to overcome inequalities in Latin America, fate takes him to Cuba to study film. Fascinated and identified with the achievements of the revolution, he decides to be consistent with his ideals, drop his studies and enroll, along with other Peruvians, in a guerrilla group in order to bring the revolution to Peru.[3]

Cast

Production

It was filmed in Lima, Paris and the jungle of Madre de Dios. It had the support of the Ibermedia fund of Spain, and the Ministry of Culture of Peru.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rengifo . Zoraida . 2019-10-01 . [Entrevista] Eduardo Guillot, director de "La pasión de Javier" ]. 2022-12-04 . Cinencuentro . es.
  2. Web site: Estrenarán "La pasión de Javier", película inspirada en el poeta peruano Heraud . 2022-12-04 . Panamericana Televisión.
  3. Web site: La pasión de Javier . 2022-12-04 . www.casamerica.es . es.
  4. Web site: 2022-12-05 . Reparto de La pasión de Javier (película 2019). Dirigida por Eduardo Guillot . 2022-12-04 . La Vanguardia . es.
  5. Web site: LatinSpots.com . La Pasión de Javier de Imagina Films gana en Annecy . 2022-12-04 . Latinspots.com . en.
  6. Web site: PEROU PACHA - FESTIVAL DE CINÉMA PÉRUVIEN DE PARIS - REMISE DE PRIX . 2022-12-04 . www.festivalcinemaperuvienparis.fr . fr.
  7. Web site: Película peruana "La Pasión de Javier" en Festival de Cine Latinoamericano en Australia . 2022-12-04 . www.gob.pe . es-pe.
  8. Web site: La pasión de Javier . 2022-12-04 . FICG 35 . es.
  9. Web site: Javier's Passion / La pasión de Javier . 2022-12-04 . CLFF . en-US.