The Load aka La Carga (2017)

Description

A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom.

Synopsis
Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.

Director: Alan Jonsson Gavica
Cast: Gerardo Taracena, María Valverde, Horacio Garcia, Rojas, Harold Torres, Tenoch Huerta
Producer: Alan Jonsson Gavica
Writers: Alan Jonsson Gavica & Arturo Ruiz Serrano
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94′
Languages: Spanish & Nahuatl
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Year of Production: 2017
IMDB: https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt11640298
Available Territories: Worldwide excluding South America (Netflix) and North America (Amazon)
Festivals:
Winner Audience Award, La Carabela de Plata, Festival Iberoamericano de Huelva
Winner Best Script, Festival Internacional de Cine de Catalunya
Winner Precolombino Award for Best Film, Festival Internacional de Cine de Bogotá
Winner Best Actress Award, Premio Pantalla de Cristal
Winner Best Production Value, Premio Pantalla de Cristal
Winner Best Photography, Premio Pantalla de Cristal

Critique
Exemplifying a building trend in Latin American cinema, “Load” is a film that aims at delivering entertainment without abandoning totally the region’s long tradition of social-issue cinema. Variety