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The anatomy of the horses

by Daniel Vidal Toche / IN DISTRIBUTION
THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES

Directed by Daniel Vidal Toche

Feature film  /  Fiction

Nationality Spain, Peru, Colombia, France / Original version Spanish, Quechua / Format 4K – Digital / 106 min / Year of production 2025

CAST & CREW [+]

Direction Daniel Vidal / Script Daniel Vidal, Ignacio Vuelta / Producers Ignacio Vuelta, Henry Vallejo, Roberto Butragueño, Hugo Latorre, Luis Rojas, Juan Pablo Polanco, Samuel Chauvin / Executive producers Laura Nogal, Paola Botrán / DOP Angello Faccini / Production Design Juan Pablo Garay / Editing Daniel Vidal, Carlos Cañas / Sound Design Luis Ortega / Direct Sound Sofia Straface / Costume Design Leslie Hijojosa / Cast Juan Quispe, Edith Ramos, Memé Nuñez, Felipe García, Adrián García, Gladis Conde.

LABS [+]

EAVE Puentes / Europe-LatinAmerica Forum San Sebastian International Film Festival / MAFIZ / MARGENES-WORK / PROYECTA in Ventana Sur.

FESTIVALS [+]

Karlovy Vary Film Festival (KVIFF) 2025 – Proxima Competition

POSTER [+]

TEXTO CARTEL

PRESS / CRITICS REVIEWS [+]

A demanding but remarkable and authentic contemplation of the nature of time and the futility of revolution – Vladan Petkovic for CINEUROPA

A film that bites, bleeds and forces the viewer to breathe air full of ash – Fabiano Golgo for BRISKE LISTY 

Hypnotic imagery and nuanced performances shape an atmospheric cinematic gem – Lida Bach for MOVIEBREAK

A wild magical realism that I’ve seen twice… and still can’t get enough of. Alongside the defeated insurgent Ángel, we dance from the 18th century to the present, watch a meteor fall, feel the sorrow of eternal oppression, and climb aboard the locomotive of revolution – Jaromír Blažejovský for RESPEKT

Daniel Vidal Toche delivers to the audience with a strong sense of urgency and relevance, making it one of the most powerful entries in the Proxima Competition section of the Karlovy Vary Festival – Jorge Pereira Rosa for C7NEMA

SYNOPSIS

Defeated, 18th-century revolutionary Angel Pumacahua flees to his village and, upon his arrival, finds himself in the Peruvian Andes of the 21st century. A meteorite crashes nearby, tearing through time and marking the collision of eras. There, amidst the echoes of this rupture, he meets Eustaquia, who is searching for her twin sister, disappeared in the fight against a mining company. Together, they question the relevance of revolution today: “What and who should we fight?”

A production by Playa Chica, Pioneros Producciones, Sideral, Mito Films, Los Niños Films, Promenades Films / Associated Producer Isilik Studio / With the support by ICAA, DAFO, WCF Europe of Berlinale, Ibermedia Coproduction

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