Synopsis
Why does a country without sea entertain a navy? Bolivia was defeated in all its wars; and with its last, the „War of the Pacific“, it has lost the remaining 400 kilometres of ocean coastline. Today, Bolivia is a landlocked country, confined by the Andes in the west and the Amazon forest in the east. Nevertheless and perhaps on account of this it has a navy of over 4000 sailors. Proud seamen of the Armada Boliviana. They are mascots of hope, of a dream that is evoked in songs and poems, in the lands national history. We meet seamen who will never navigate the oceans, on ships that will never travel the seas. Young recruits learn how to swim on Lake Titicaca. Bolivia and its dream of the sea. It is the consistent presence of its absence. A countries dream of future and hope, built on a Lost Horizon.
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