Film

Tomasa

Director

Dieter Kautzner

Year

1969

Tomasa, an ageing organ grinder, has always looked for someone to call her own but everything was taken from her. Now on a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Madonna at Tongay, crossing the merciless Chilean desert, her whole loving nature is concentrated on a little dog. When he dies, she tries to avenge herself on God. An Indian rescues her, but Tomasa is committed to her lonely way.