Walter Salles — Brazilian Director born on April 12, 1956,

Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence... (wikipedia)

The Peruvian faces are completely different from that faces in Argentina and in Brazil.
My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.