Synopsis / Sinopsis: In an isolated part of Paraguay, during the Chaco War, a couple of poor, old peasants, Candida and Ramon, waiting for their son to return from his war duty, talk about ordinary things like the lack of rain and a dog which doesn't want to stop barking.
Ambientada en las últimas horas de la Guerra del Chaco, entre Paraguay y Bolivia, la película cuenta la espera a lo largo de todo un día por parte de Ramón y de Cándida, un matrimonio de campesinos sexagenarios, para ver si su único hijo vuelve o no del frente de batalla.
Director’s Bio/ Bio del Director: Paz Encina was born in Asuncion, Paraguay in 1971 and received her Masters degree in Cinematography from Universidad del Cine in 2001. She made the shorts La Sienta, Los Encantos del Jazmin and a short video-shot version of Hamaca Paraguaya in 2000, receiving a special award at the IVth International Film Schools Festival, the Genesis Prize for best Paraguayan video Film, and the first Prize at the IVth Young Artists salon. In the same year, Encina made her second 16mm short film, Supe que Estabas Triste. The long version of Hamaca Paraguaya received the FIPRESCI prize in the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
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