| Shunko | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lautaro Murúa |
| Written by | Augusto Roa Bastos Jorge W. Abalos (novel) |
| Produced by | Leo Kanaf Daniel Cherniavsky |
| Starring | Lautaro Murúa Raúl del Valle Fanny Olivera |
| Cinematography | Vicente Cosentino |
| Edited by | José Serra |
| Music by | Waldo de los Ríos |
Release date | November 17, 1960 (Argentina) |
Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | Argentina |
| Languages | Spanish Quechua |
Shunko is a 1960 Argentine film directed by Lautaro Murúa. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 16th position.[1]
The argument is about the relationship between a teacher (Lautaro Murúa), educated in the big city, who is assigned to a rural school in the province of Santiago del Estero, in which the students are Quechua speakers. Initially the ethnocentric prejudices of the teacher and his ignorance of the Quechua culture and the children, lead him to enter into conflict with his students and to distance himself from them. Little by little it is the teacher who begins to learn from his students and establish a relationship of respect and mutual learning.[2]
