El viaje de Javier Heraud

I saw the movie 4 years ago and was impressed. This is a very well-made documentary about the life and early death of Peruvian poet Javier Heraud, at the age of 21, in 1963. The documentary focuses mainly on the memories of his great-niece, Ariarca, and explores places linked to her short life, and interviews people who knew and loved her.

All this interspersed with fragments of his poems read off-screen and images of landscapes and rivers of the Peruvian mountains, and very appropriate background music. It's not a documentary that praises violence or communist ideology, linked to the poet's tragic end, but it doesn't shy away from the fact either. In the end, everyone will draw their own conclusions, but they won't be able to prevent Javier's beautiful verses from resonating.