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Jofris is the last speaker of his Indigenous language. After fleeing his community years ago, his grandmother appears in dreams and asks him to return. He must obey her wishes, even though it goes against his will.
Jofris (45) is the last speaker of the Añuu ethnicity in Venezuela. He fled his community more than ten years ago to live in Maracaibo, a city with sweltering heat that was once a symbol of modernity in the oil-rich country, now plunged into a humanitarian and economic crisis. Driven by recurrent and turbulent dreams of his grandmother, Jofris decides to return to his Indigenous community. There, his grandmother's spirit stops appearing to him, so he seeks through dreams and in remote places around the lagoon to communicate with her spirit to discover the purpose of his return.

Credits

Director
Jeissy Trompiz
Screenwriter
Jeissy Trompiz
Producer
Gregorio Rodríguez, Jeissy Trompiz
Production Company
Casa Latina Films, Alamar Films, Nomada

About the Director

Jeissy Trompiz
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Jeissy Trompiz is an Afro-Indigenous filmmaker and screenwriter with a close relationship to theatre and photography. Passionate about experimenting with different genres and cinematic forms, he has directed fiction, documentary and experimental films. His work reflects on existential, social and political issues that affect us as individuals in an ever-changing and d
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