Defenders of Life

2015· 93 min★ 7.4· Drama

In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.

Cast: Beatriz Brenes, Arman Darbo, Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales

Director: Dana Ziyasheva