Un hombre que camina

The film, shot in Bolivia, depicts the world’s largest salt flat, a site located in a mountainous region more than three thousand meters above sea level. Ramirez’s work focuses on the loss of regional identity. The film’s central figure is the shaman, who seeks to bridge the historical and cultural divides between the tribal traditions of a specific time and place. His ceremonial mask—festive yet menacing—serves, by extension, as a relic of colonial resistance: crafted by indigenous coal miners to ward off the Spanish invaders. The mask signifies the need—both past and present—to preserve rituals passed down through future generations and cultural lineages. Another symbol of transformation is the robes that the shaman—a modern Charon—drags behind him, as if to carry the weight of history beyond the horizon.