Comments on: Peru at the Movies: The Royal Hunt of the Sun http://enperublog.com/2010/08/26/peru-at-the-movies-the-royal-hunt-of-the-sun/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Victor Manuel Del Carpio http://enperublog.com/2010/08/26/peru-at-the-movies-the-royal-hunt-of-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-53624 Sun, 01 May 2011 12:20:25 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5977#comment-53624 The french writer Francoise de Graffigny wrote the year 1747 an epistolary novel called Lettres d’une peruvienne ( letters from a peruvian woman ). It’s about an Inca princess, called Zilia who was taken to France.
One of the firs feminist and socialist woman Flora Tristan who was daughter of the peruvian mariano Tristan Y moscoso brother of the Vice Royal Pio tristan. Flora Tristan wrote a travel diary about her expeiences in Peru. the book was published in 1838 as peregrinations d’une paria. her grabdson Paul Gauguin traveled to Peru when He was a teenager with his mother and his sister. That’s why He used to call himself as an Inca Prince.
A french film director who won the jury prize of cannes with the movie Western the year 1997 Manuel Poirier was born in Lima, Peru and still have connections with the peruvian culture last year was the president of a peruvian film festival in Paris, France. He filmed in Peru a movie called “Te Quiero” the year 2001.
saludos.

]]> By: Victor Manuel Del Carpio http://enperublog.com/2010/08/26/peru-at-the-movies-the-royal-hunt-of-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-53618 Sun, 01 May 2011 11:46:07 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5977#comment-53618 There are lots of movies about Peru or made in Peru or about peruvian historical characters or peruvian filmmmakers who filmed abroad or in peru but for producers like Roger Corman the genius of the B series movies. Sandra Bullock acted in Peru the movie was directed by Luis LLosa 1992 Fire on the amazon. After he filmed Sniper with Tom berenger 1993, Llosa filmed the movie the specialist in 1994 with Sharon Stone, james Wood and sylvester Stalone. after that He was the director of the movie Anaconda 1997 with john Voight , Eric Stoltz a young J.Lo and the rapper Ice Cube.

A movie related to Peru made by a great filmmaker was ‘The golden coach ‘or le carrosse d’or a french-italian production directed by Jean Renoir the cast was led by Anna Magnani the movie was based in La perrichole opera of Jeffrey Offenbach. This opera is about the peruvian lover of a Vice Royal of Peru.
By the way Voltaire wrote a drama about the Incas and the spanish conquistadors. It was called Alzire ou les americaines He brought this drama to be performed 1736. Giussepe Verdi made an opera based on the Drama of Voltaire He called it Alzira. The first performance was in 1845

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