The Condor Daughter

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1h 49m

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Clara is a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth, melodies passed down for generations, believed to bring new life safely into the world. But while her voice carries on this tradition, her dreams lie elsewhere: she longs to leave the mountains behind and become a folkloric music star in the big city.

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Alonso Duralde

Press Play (KCRW)

Sep 20, 2026

The storytelling is beautifully done here -- it's so much about the push-pull between the rural and the urban, modernity and tradition.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Cinencuentro

11 hrs ago

4/5

A film with a measured pace and powerful imagery; more interested in its thematic content and a clash of cultures and perspectives than in developing a classic or commercial narrative. [Full review in Spanish].

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Daniella Mazzio

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4 days ago

Many movies have shown fissures between parents and children...The Condor Daughter probes deeper, asking something much harder to answer.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

Sep 15, 2026

4/5

A young midwife’s desire to live beyond her community’s hidebound traditions sets up a generational rift in this evocative, sumptuously photographed story from Bolivia.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Sep 10, 2026

4/5

Cinematographer Nicolas Wong Diaz makes the most of the spectacular mountain setting, immersing us in rural Bolivian culture.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Sep 3, 2026

A mesmerizing, quietly moving, and slow-burning coming-of-age film.

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Luis O

Sep 17, 2026

Next level cinematography, great story and underlying themes, relatable for anyone interested in being more connected to their family’s culture.

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Bill H

@RT59114294 Sep 19, 2026

At its core it's a simple tale of differing generational priorities, which has been done many times before, but the cinematography is gorgeous and the lead performances are solid. It also had an absolutely perfect ending. Unfortunately it continued for 25 more minutes after that point.

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Álvaro Olmos Torrico

Director

Nely Huayta

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Marisol Vallejos Montaño

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María Magdalena Sanizo

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Álvaro Olmos Torrico

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Ocampo Gil

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Clara is a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth, melodies passed down for generations, believed to bring new life safely into the world. But while her voice carries on this tradition, her dreams lie elsewhere: she longs to leave the mountains behind and become a folkloric music star in the big city.

Director: Álvaro Olmos Torrico
Producer: Ocampo Gil, Federico Moreira, Cecilia Sueiro Mosquera, Diego E. Sarmiento Pagan, Iris Sigalit, Álvaro Olmos Torrico
Screenwriter: Álvaro Olmos Torrico
Distributor: Outsider Pictures
Production Co: La Mayor Cine, Ayara Producciones
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Quechua
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 49m

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