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Secret of the Andes
Directed by Alejandro Azzano
Written by Alejandro Azzano
Bernardo Nante
Starring Roshan Seth
Camilla Belle
David Keith
Nancy Allen
John Rhys-Davies
Jerry Stiller
Music by Luis Enrique Bacalov
Cinematography Máximo Munzi
Editing by Miguel Pérez
Studio Semana Mágica S.A.
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)
Distributed by Distribution Company (1999, Argentina)
MTI Home Video (VHS, Estados Unidos)
Release date(s) November 14, 1998
Running time 101 minutes
95 minutes
Country Argentina
United States
Language English
Spanish

Secret of the Andes (El secreto de los Andes) is a 1998 Argentine-American fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Alejandro Azzano. It stars Roshan Seth as a powerful shaman, Camilla Belle as a 9-year old young girl with unusual gifts, David Keith as her archaeologist father, Nancy Allen as her mother and John Rhys-Davies as a Catholic priest.

Synopsis

When Diana's behavior causes her to be suspended from her school in New York City, her mother takes her to join her father, an archaeologist working in a village in the Andes. He is looking for the missing half of the golden disc of Huáscar, which legend says can grant eternal life. Diana meets the local shaman and discovers her own mystical powers.

Cast

  • Camilla Belle ... Diana Willings
  • David Keith ... Brooks Willings
  • Nancy Allen ... Brenda Willings
  • Roshan Seth ... Don Benito
  • John Rhys-Davies ... Father Claver
  • Jerry Stiller ... Dr. Goldfisch
  • José Luis Alfonzo ... Lázaro
  • Gianni Lunadei
  • Rodrigo Barrena ... Sancho Benito
  • Betiana Blum ... Mama Lola
  • Leandro López ... Lucho Benito

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: El secreto de los Andes para niños

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