Confidences

Juan is a Bolivian poet at the turn of the century, visiting the city of Cochabamba and writing letters to his friend Armando about the masked sensuality and hostility he feels seething beneath the placid face of this insular mining town. Antonia is a married woman living in Cochabamba, writing to her friend Gracia about the local gossip—which soon erupts into a scandal that threatens to destroy a family. Contrasting Juan’s letters home with Antonia’s private correspondence to her friend, C...