Alejandro Loayza Grisi isn’t interested in story or action here, he's interested in the enormity of seemingly small lives.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 2, 2022

If you only see one film about Bolivian llama farmers this year, make it Utama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2022

A gentle and superbly shot film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2022

A film of dazzling visual power and genuine poignancy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 4, 2022

It is a spare and yet unsparing film, and a bold artistic statement from an emerging filmmaker.

| Nov 3, 2022

“Utama” pulls you in with an uneasy mix of beauty and dread.

| Nov 3, 2022

Stock story beats of generational dispute run throughout Utama, existing mainly to show off the widescreen possibilities of the Scope frame.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 30, 2022

Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s vision is equally stunning and devastating.

| Feb 3, 2022

Through the love story at the heart of this visually arresting feature debut, Utama offers the audience a relatable connection with a way of life which is on the verge of extinction.

| Jan 30, 2022

Photographer Alejandro Loayza Grisi makes a stunning transition to cinema in this portrait of an indigenous couple threatened by drought on the Altiplano.

| Jan 28, 2022

Loayza Grisi has fashioned an exceptional debut that reveals a heightened visual sense, strong skills with non-professional actors, and the shrewd good sense to offer up something fresh and new.

| Jan 28, 2022

Meditative and deeply romantic, Utama understands that renewal is just as inevitable as death, sometimes hope is a much richer path than despair, and that a home is the life you build with others.

| Jan 26, 2022

[A] beautifully realized feature debut...

| Jan 24, 2022

Utama is embellished with a few sublime touches of magical realism and Bárbara Alvarez's gorgeously precise cinematography.

| Original Score: B | Jan 24, 2022