The Call of Fayu Ujmu

• Movie
• 2002
• 44m
• Documentary
• Drama

A 13-year-old Indian boy is found unconscious after being attacked in the jungle by the evil spirit Fayu Ujmu. A shaman attempts to ritually tame the spirit and advises the boy’s father to capture it. This story is based on a Chachi Indian legend; it was shot with indigenous inhabitants of the jungle community of Loma Linda, on the Rio Cayapas.

Director

Rainer Simon

Starring

Christian Kuchenbuch, Lorenzo Añapa, Pedro Tenorio Añapa, Samuel Añapa