Trip to Timbuktu

The movie is about a girl, Ana, growing up in Lima in the 1980’s. During this time, the Sendero Luminoso (the Shining Path) rebel movement was terrorizing the country. As the movie progresses, the violence grows and we see its effects through the eyes of Ana.

It is the story of Ana and Lucho, two teenagers who live in Peru. Their story of love, which starts in their childhood, reveals the changes which took place in this country during the 80's decade. For them, the only way to survive in the middle of violence, poverty and lack of opportunities is through their love, a sort of refuge which has as its homeland an imaginary country called Timbuktu. Nevertheless, the reality will stand in their way and collapse their utopia.