''Kukuli'' (
Quechua for
white-winged dove)
[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] is a 1961 Peruvian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama and Cesar Villanueva. It was entered into the
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film '' The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai.
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It was the first film to be spoken in the
Quechua language
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from ...
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Cast
* Judith Figueroa as Kukuli
* Victor Chambi as Alaku
* Lizardo Pérez as Ukuku
* Emilio Galli as Cura
* Felix Valeriano as Machula (Grandpa)
* Martina Mamani as Mamala (Grandma)
* Simón Champi as Brujo
* Mercedes Yupa as Mercedescha
* Eduardo Navarro as Narrator
References
External links
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1961 films
1961 drama films
Peruvian drama films
1960s Peruvian films
Quechua-language films
1960s Spanish-language films
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