Malfè film

Jorge leaves his home and family in the outskirts of Lima to try his luck in the goldmines of the Andes, chasing the promises of the mother lode. We follow Jorge through a journey full of omens, where reality and magical thinking blend together, as he discovers that the myth of wealth is built on sacrifices that become ever more tangible – while the boundaries between victims and oppressors get progressively vague and blurred. Mother Lode is a fable about the banality of the descent to hell in times of neoliberalism; it is a paradigm of a relentless world in which everything can be sacrificed in the name of profit.

Zheng is a young lonely Chinese man, who works in Italy since he was a child. In spite of having succeeded to leave the factory and build up his own position he doesn’t feel fulfilled. Struggled between the rigor of his work and the desire of entering into contact with his peers, Zheng is going to be called to take a decision.