The Trial () is a 2006 Peruvian drama road movie written and directed by Judith Vélez and starring Jimena Lindo, Gianfranco Brero and Pietro Sibille. The picture premiered in the World Cinema section of the 30th Montreal World Film Festival in August 2006, and, the following year, received both the Calzedonia Prize and the Special Jury Award at VeronaâÂÂs Schermi dâÂÂAmore festival.
Miranda, a young Lima architect, discovers that the rare blood type of her long-absent father could save her gravely ill brother and therefore sets out across southern Peru to find him. Travelling with hydraulic engineer Saúl, she crosses drought-stricken Andean landscapes, observing rituals that fuse Catholic processions with pre-Hispanic water ceremonies while confronting memories of political violence that fractured her family.
Verona Love Screens Film Festival
Huelva Latin American Film Festival