Peru’s Oscar film

BBC News, Lima – By Dan Collyns

In Peru, there is a sense of excitement ahead of the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony.

People who have never even heard of the Oscars are suddenly taking an interest, and local media websites have set up digital stopwatches counting down the seconds, minutes, hours and days until the big night on 7 March.

This year, for the first time, a Peruvian film, The Milk of Sorrow, has been nominated for an Oscar – in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

The Milk of Sorrow, or in Spanish La Teta Asustada (literally The Frightened Breast), has already won about a dozen international awards, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival last year.

Just 23 and with no formal acting training, Ms Solier has become the poster girl for a new Peru

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Milk of Sorrow will be in UK Cinemas this spring, courtesy of Dogwoof