'Root') is a 2024 Peruvian-Chilean[3] drama film directed by Franco García Becerra and written by Annemarie Gunkel and Alicia Quispe.
It stars Quechua-speaker Alberth Merma accompanied by Nely Huayta and Richard Taipe.
[4] It is about a shepherd boy who dreams of seeing his country in the 2018 FIFA World Cup while his environment is threatened by pollution from a mining company.
He is accompanied by Ronaldo, a young alpaca, and Rambo, an old dog with whom he can start conversations about football and the national team's matches to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
[6] Principal photography began in October 2022 in the province of Quispicanchis in Cusco, Peru.