THROUGH ROCKS AND CLOUDS

BETWEEN ALPACAS AND FOOTBALL FANTS IN THE PERUANIAN ANDES

In autumn 2017, Feliciano has two main things on his mind: his family’s alpa­cas, which he has to look after, and soc­cer — becau­se Peru has the chan­ce to final­ly qua­li­fy for the World Cup again. But here in the high­lands, a mys­te­rious crea­tu­re with big horns is on the move, and the adults are also tal­king about mining, which is poi­so­ning the envi­ron­ment, and whe­ther they should move away. Feliciano talks to his favo­ri­te alpa­ca about soc­cer, but he also sen­ses that his life could be threa­ten­ed by some­thing com­ple­te­ly dif­fe­rent. A look at deve­lo­p­ments in the breath­ta­kin­gly beau­tiful expan­se of the Andean high­lands that have glo­bal cau­ses — and very local effects.