Chile
OVID’s unmatched collection of films from Chile range over fifty years of the country’s political history, cultural and artistic development, from the early, seminal documentaries of Patricio Guzmán - THE BATTLE OF CHILE – to three more recent feature films by Pablo Larrain, and the complete filmography of a rising star of contemporary Latin American cinema, Dominga Sotomayor. Today’s generation is also represented by the documentary, GOD, made by the MAFI collective and a meditation on religion in today’s Chile. And LEMEBEL and THE JOURNEY OF MONALISA, are thoughtful portraits of transgender writers who push societal boundaries with their work. What all the films here have in common is a willingness to confront Chile's past in order to move forward, with both innovative documentary and dramatic approaches.
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The Wandering Soap Opera
Directed by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento • Drama • With Luis Alarcón, Patricia Rivadeneira, Francisco Reyes • 2017 • 78 minutes
Filmed by Chilean master Raúl Ruiz in 1990 but left unfinished until it was completed by his wife and collaborator Valeria Sarmiento in 2017, The Wandering Soap Oper...
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The Wolf House
Directed by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña • Animation • 2018 • 72 minutes
Maria, a young woman finds refuge in a house in the south of Chile after escaping from a sect of German religious fanatics. She is welcomed into the home by two pigs, the only inhabitants of the place. Like in a dream,...
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Zona Franca
Directed by Georgi Lazarevski • Documentary • 2016 • 100 minutes
Zona Franca is a large outdated shopping district at the heart of Chile's Patagonia, located near the Strait of Magellan. Everywhere this area shows the scars of the upheaval which transformed the last wild place of the original Am...
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Zurita, You Will See Not to See
Directed by Alejandra Carmona Cannobbio • Documentary • With Raúl Zurita • 2019 • 76 minutes
National Literature Award Laureate Raúl Zurita is one of Latin America’s most celebrated and controversial living poets. He is not only a great poet – one that has captured his work on paper, on the Chi...
