The Journey of Javier Heraud

Ariarca, the grandniece of Peruvian poet Javier Heraud, unearths old memories and discovers a story yet untold: her great uncle, a poet and a guerrilla member, was murdered at the age of 21 in the Peruvian selva in 1063. Ariarca, who is in fact the same age as he was when he died, strives to reconstruct, thanks to Heraud’s letters and poems, the life journey of one of Peru’s most important poets. Javier Heraud wrote his poetic work between the ages of 18 and 21. Those poems, as well as the correspondence preserved by his family and friends, gradually disclose a story which his relatives painfully cherish in their memory. (Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival)