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Secret of the Andes (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Secret of the Andes' ('El secreto de los Andes') is a 1998 Argentine-American fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Alejandro Azzano. It stars Roshan Seth as a powerful shaman, Camilla Belle as a nine-year old young girl with unusual gifts, David Keith as her archaeologist father, Nancy Allen as her mother and John Rhys-Davies as a Catholic priest.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144597/ 'Secret of the Andes'] at the Internet Movie Database
Synopsis
When Diana's behavior causes her to be suspended from her school in New York City, her mother takes her to join her father, an archaeologist working in a village in the Andes. He is looking for the missing half of the golden disc of Huscar, which legend says can grant eternal life. Diana meets the local shaman and discovers her own mystical powers.
Cast
* Camilla Belle ... Diana Willings
* David Keith ... Brooks Willings
* Nancy Allen ... Brenda Willings
* Roshan Seth ... Don Benito
* John Rhys-Davies ... Father Claver
* Jerry Stiller ... Dr. Goldfisch
* Jos Luis Alfonzo ... Lzaro
* Gianni Lunadei
* Rodrigo Barrena ... Sancho Benito
* Betiana Blum ... Mama Lola
* Leandro Lpez ... Lucho Benito
Critical response
The critical reception was mostly negative in the Argentine press. Adolfo C. Martnez wrote in 'La Nacin' that the film "was so short of imagination that does not resist the slightest analysis (...) If its makers though of a movie for children, they err their target...if they though of a movie for older audiences, nobody at an adult age can become captivated by the absurdities shown on screen". Juan Villegas, from the 'El Amante del Cine' magazine wrote that "there was an exciting story to be tell, but they forgot to shoot it".
Accolades
'Secret of the Andes' won a silver Remi in the 2000 edition of the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The movie was also nominated to best film in the 1998 edition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
References
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