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Completed - ITALIAN, ENGLISH - Drama - 95 minutes

Log Line

Based on Chilean Roberto Bolaño's "Una Novelita Lumpen."


Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2011 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Alicia SCHERSON
 Writer(s) : Alicia SCHERSON
 Cast : Manuela MARTELLI, Luigi CIARDO, Rutger HAUER, Nicolas VAPORIDIS, Alessandro GIALLOCOSTA, Daniela PIPERNO, Pino CALABRESE

 Producer(s) : Bruno BETTATI (Jirafa), Christoph FRIEDEL (Pandora Filmproduktion), Mario MAZZAROTTO (Movimentofilm), Luis Angel RAMIREZ (Astronauta)

Synopsis

Two Chilean children orphaned after their exiled parents die in a car crash in Italy. In their quest for survival on the streets, Bianca and Tomas quickly descend into prostitution and petty crime.

Production

Country(ies) : CHILE, GERMANY, ITALY, SPAIN

 Financing plan : La Ventura films, Chile
Ulysses Films, Spain


Start of shooting : July 2011

Distributors More info with Europa distribution

CHILE MC FILMS
ITALY Sep 19, 2013 MOVIMENTO FILM
NETHERLAND Dec 12, 2013 IMAGINE FILM DI
UKRAINE ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
UNITED KIN ICO - INDEPENDE


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Festivals and Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2013 World Cinema Competition
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2013 Panorama


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