Film
The Call of Fayu Ujmu
2002Directed by Rainer Simon
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- Released
- Runtime
- 44m
About The Call of Fayu Ujmu
- Documentary
- Drama
Synopsis
A 13-year-old Indian boy is found unconscious after being attacked in the jungle by the evil spirit Fayu Ujmu. A shaman attempts to ritually tame the spirit and advises the boy’s father to capture it. This story is based on a Chachi Indian legend; it was shot with indigenous inhabitants of the jungle community of Loma Linda, on the Rio Cayapas.
- Director
- Rainer Simon
- Writer
- Rainer Simon
- Original title
- Der Ruf des Fayu Ujmu
