The Wind Knows That I’m Coming Back Home

El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa
José Luis Torres Leiva
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Art of the Real 2017

April 20 - May 2, 2017

A filmmaker prepares to shoot his first fiction film, about the real-life disappearance of two lovers in the woods of Chile’s remote Meulín Island in the early 1980s.

DIRECTOR
José Luis Torres Leiva
YEAR
2016
COUNTRY
Chile
RUNTIME
103 minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa

In the early 1980s, a couple vanished without a trace in the woods of Meulín Island. Director Ignacio Agüero (This Is the Way I Like It II) had intended to shoot a documentary about this strange occurrence, but eventually abandoned the project. Now, he journeys to the area to shoot his first fiction film based on the events, and José Luis Torre Leiva follows Agüero as he speaks with locals about the legends that have arisen surrounding this mysterious occurrence in between scouting for locations and auditioning nonprofessionals, who often provide a source of tender comic relief. The film is also a meditation on the isolation of those living on Chile’s Chiloé Archipelago, capturing its unique and solitary landscapes.

The Wind Knows That I’m Coming Back Home
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