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When The Blood Boils (2025)
Directed by David Guersan, Simon Ruiz
““Each Christmas Eve, they fight to make peace.””
Documentary · 34m
Through a rare immersion in an Andean community, the film explores what it really means to "resolve a conflict" in a society where violence is neither hidden nor denied, but ritualized, regulated, and followed by public reconciliation. Takanakuy is not a spectacle: it is a social language, a way of preserving collective balance. Following Simon's path, the narrative shifts from the fight itself to its invisible consequences: acceptance by the group, inner transformation, and the symbolic weight of a gesture that one only performs once in a lifetime. The film then questions our Western view of justice, forgiveness, and reparation, and poses a central question: what remains when we agree to confront our fears head-on, without detours or staging?
Crew
- Director
- David Guersan, Simon Ruiz
- Writer
- David Guersan
- Editor
- David Guersan
- Producer
- David Guersan, Simon Ruiz, Aymeric Garro
Details
- Original title
- Quand Le Sang Bout
- Release date
- 2025-12-25
- Runtime
- 34m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Spanish
- Countries
- France