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Completed - SPANISH - Black comedy - 115 minutes

Log Line

Nothing is what it looks like.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Cristián JIMÉNEZ
Writer(s) : Cristián JIMÉNEZ, Alicia SCHERSON
Cast : Álvaro RUDOLPHY, Iván ÁLVAREZ DE ARAYA, Paola LATTUS, Valentina VARGAS

Producer(s) : Andrés WAISSBLUTH (Retaguardia films), Bruno BETTATI (Jirafa), Pandora DA CUNHA (Filmes do Fundo), Cyriac AURIOL (Les films du Rquin)

Synopsis

Three stories set in a shopping mall, a big medical corporation, a ski resort, and the rainy streets of Valdivia during winter. Cornered by the modernization that takes place in the provincial town they live in, Rafa, Daniel, and Juan are submerged in a strange system they don’t really get to understand and which makes their lives feel illusory.

Production

Country(ies) : CHILE, PORTUGAL, FRANCE

Financing plan : 100% of finance on place
- Ibermedia 2007
- Audiovisual Foment Fund of Chile, 2007
sales agent: Films Boutique
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Start of shooting : August 2007

BRAZIL Apr 05, 2011 FENIX DISTRIBUI
CHILE BF DISTRIBUTION
CHILE MC FILMS
FRANCE CINÉLATINO, REN
FRANCE Feb 17, 2010 SOPHIE DULAC DI
HUNGARY Nov 25, 2010 CIRKO FILM KFT.
RUSSIA A-ONE FILMS

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