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Director: Alan Jonsson
Cast: MarĂa Valverde, Horacio GarcĂa Rojas, Gerardo Taracena, Norma Reyna
Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.
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Fans of intimate historical dramas will appreciate the visceral performances and the tense, naturalistic journey at the heart of The Load, a 2016 film directed by Alan Jonsson. The movie's slow burn storytelling and focus on the evolving relationship between its two lead characters, played with subtlety by MarĂa Valverde and Horacio GarcĂa Rojas, creates a nuanced portrait of life in the colonial New World.
The Load is a 2018 Serbian war drama film directed by Ognjen Glavonić. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the Golden Pram Award for Best Feature Film at the 2018 Zagreb Film Festival.
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