Enigma
Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema 2019
February 22 - 26, 2019
Ignacio Juricic Merillán’s assured and understated debut feature follows a 54-year-old neighborhood hairdresser who is asked to appear on a TV show about the violent death of her lesbian daughter years earlier. Screening with José Luis Torres Leiva’s Sobre cosas que me han pasado.
Anchored by a potent ensemble cast led by the brilliant Roxana Campos, Ignacio Juricic Merillán’s assured and understated debut feature follows a 54-year-old neighborhood hairdresser who is asked to appear on an episode of TV show about unsolved mysteries dedicated to the violent death of her lesbian daughter in the streets of Santiago a decade earlier. As she decides whether or not to be participate, she confronts her family and their versions of the events that occurred years ago, learning more about who her daughter was. U.S. Premiere
Preceded by:
Sobre cosas que me han pasado
José Luis Torres Leiva, Chile, 2018, 15m
Spanish with English subtitles
U.S. Premiere
Mundane, fleeting moments turn into film poetry as seen through the eyes of an exceptionally sensitive character (and filmmaker). Based on the book by Chilean writer Marcelo Matthey.
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