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Completed - SPANISH - Black comedy - 92 minutes

Log Line

Love, literature and plants.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2011 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Cristian JIMENEZ
Writer(s) : Cristian JIMENEZ, Alejandro ZAMBRA
Cast : Diego NOGUERA, Nathalia GALGANI, Gabriela ARANCIBIA, Trinidad GONZÁLEZ, Hugo MEDINA

Producer(s) : Bruno BETTATI (Jirafa), Nadia TURINCEV (Rouge International), Hernan MUSALUPPI (Rizoma), Pandora DA CUNHA TELLES (Ukbarfilmes)

Synopsis

In order to impress his lover Blanca, Julio brags about the relationship he has with an old established writer. The truth is that he only inteviewed Julio with a view to typing up a novel on the computer. Whe he ends up not getting the job, Julio decides to forge the manuscripts he saw at the interview, using the same notebooks and ink color. He then transcribes them at Balnca's.
Since he needs a plot, he uses the love story he had with Emilia 8 years earlier, when bith were literature students in the South. A romance shaped by books, both those they have read and those they have not read but claim to have done. Julio and Emilia progressively blend into a single item. Until a plant he gives her starts tearing them apart.

Production

Country(ies) : CHILE, FRANCE, ARGENTINA, PORTUGAL

Financing plan : Chile FFA 2010
Ibermedia 2010

Start of shooting : February 2011

CANADA AXIA FILMS INC
DENMARK May 09, 2013 THE DANISH FILM
FRANCE UFO DISTRIBUTIO
FRANCE CINÉLATINO, REN
FRANCE BLAQ OUT
KOREA (Sou CHALLAN
TAIWAN FLASH FORWARD E
TAIWAN GREAT LEAP FORW
UNITED KIN NETWORK


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2011 Un Certain Regard


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